Tender meat and unique taste

Great with mugs of beer

This popular local dish is made with lamb or mutton which is cooked on an iron pan raised in the middle. Lamb and mutton are always a part of a Hokkaido barbecue. The basic style entails putting bean sprouts and onions on a heated pan coated with oil, then layering the meat on top. Lamb or mutton are eaten in one of three styles; raw, flavored with sauce or thinly cut while frozen and rolled. People began eating lamb and mutton when the government started using sheep’s wool for the military. This dish became a favorite local menu when the special barbecue sauce made by "Matsuo Genghis Khan" which opened in 1956 gained popularity.