Starting October 1, 2023, Kyoto Tango Railway will renew the menu of its restaurant train "Tango Kuromatsu,'' where you can enjoy dishes made with ingredients from the northern Kinki region. We offer a kaiseki lunch inspired by the Heian period poet Ono Komachi, who spent his later years in the Tango area of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as the "local appetizer course,'' which has been revived for the first time in three years.
The "lunch course'' (14,000 yen) between Amanohashidate and Nishi-Maizuru includes local fish from Tango and Tamba Plateau pork belly stewed in Amanohashidate red wine, as well as Ono Komachi, which is associated with beauty, and gratin using soy milk. There are seven dishes, including black sesame mousse made with black beans from Kyotanba.
The "local appetizer course" (6,500 yen), which runs along the same section in the evening, includes four dishes such as natural puffer fish caught in Maizuru pickled in Nanban and a sushi roll in the style of the local dish "Tango barazushi", as well as three types of sake from local sake breweries. You can enjoy comparing drinks.
The "Morning Course" (6,300 yen between Fukuchiyama and Amanohashidate) has seven dishes, including glutinous barley flakes, roasted deer meat and marinated mushrooms, and sweets in the shape of a red demon, a nod to the demon legend of Mt. Oe.
Ms.Rena Ozaki (20 years old), an attendant, said, "We have a wide selection of menu items from a female perspective, so you can enjoy them along with the winter scenery.''
It will operate on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays until the end of March 2024. Reservations must be made at least three days before boarding and can be made on the Kyoto Tango Railway website or by phone at +81-570-200-770.
