Serves meat, vegan options available. Kaiseki restaurant within the grounds of zen buddhist Entsuin Temple. Has a number of small private rooms with views of moss-covered traditional gardens. Minimum party size of 2 (4 in winter between December and April) required. Reported having vegan dishes available when given notice with prior reservations. Please send additional information and Updates. Open Mon-Tue 11:30am-3:00pm, Thu-Sun 11:30am-3:00pm.
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67 Matsushima Chonai Miyagi Gun, Miyagi ken, Matsushima, Japan, 981-0213
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Added by JVeggie on 01 Jul 2017
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2 Reviews
First Review by JVeggie
Ewelina_In_Tokyo
Points +605
Needs clarification - Edit
If you speak Japanese it's worth calling ahead and asking if a meal can be prepared without dashi for vegetarians. For vegans - list all of the ingredients you'd like to be excluded and ask if it can be done.
Read moreI visited the restaurant with my omni husband. He speaks a little Japanese so he's asked about vegan options for me and has been told it's okay. We booked a table an hour ahead and went off to walk around the nearby temples.
In short - the food was delicious, varied, with several courses of small portions being delivered a over time - we spent there 1.5 hours. It's a lot of food. The presentation is immaculate, you can dine in a separate room with a view of the garden. Cost of a veg set and a fish set was just over 10.000 yen, which I'm told is cheap for such experience.
BUT. The standard course was not vegan, with dashi in several dishes, some small fish, possibly milk, butter and egg used. So, if you can try to give them a call and see what can be arranged.
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JVeggie
Points +103
Vegetarian Adventure - Edit
A lunch at Ungai was my first time to experience Buddhist vegetarian "shojinryori" cooking. The entrance to Ungai is a simple wooden gate next to the entrance to Entsuin Temple. From there you walk down a small pathway into another world. Ungai is divided into a number of small private rooms. The room I was in had a pleasant view of the gardens of Entsuin Temple.
Read moreThe food came out in a red lacquered chest. While I did not understand exactly what I was eating- I had never seen or tasted beans, fruit, vegetables and other dishes prepared in these ways before but the presentation was outstanding and seasoning light and delicious. I loved trying different varieties of tofu from what I had ever had before. I had cooked with some of the Japanese sansai and winter vegetables but never had them prepared in these type of sesame, miso and other subtle marinades.
As a bonus, before we left our party was even greeted by Ms. Amano, one of the priests of Entsuin Temple. It's nice that this restaurant is supporting an active temple, which is also worth visiting and is a bargain at 300 yen.
Pros: Delicious, healthy, well-prepared food, Excellent peaceful ambiance and garden views, Unique food not served in most restaurants
Cons: Relatively expensive for lunch (around 4000 yen), Reservation required, Dashi has fish in the broth?
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