Yossō

Nagasaki


People have flocking to this place, behind a traditional shop front festooned with red lanterns, for chawanmushi (savoury egg custard) since 1866. The Yosso teishoku (set meal; ¥2376) adds fish, soboro eel (sweetened and minced, over rice), kakuni (braised pork belly), dessert and more. Grab a seat in the historic upstairs dining room or downstairs at a garden table.


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