Ishikawa

Rice-bowl dish with local delicacy available only from female snow crabs

Kobako Kani-don

Kobako Kani-don is a popular local rice-bowl dish served with plenty of “eggs” known as sotoko (fertilised eggs) and uchiko (ovaries) of snow crabs. Not only because sotoko and uchiko are available from female crabs, but also because the fishing season is limited to only one month of the year, they are extremely popular delicacy of the area, and Kobako Kani-don is the recommended dish to fully enjoy the rich flavour. It won the 5th prize at the 4th Japan Local Bowl Dish Competition held in Tokyo in 2013, and was welcomed in the competition again in the following year.