Kanazawa · Japan

The Kanazawa food cheat sheet

One page from Chef Amazing · November 2026

The dish to eat

Kaga's duck stew: thin flour-dusted slices of duck simmered with wheat gluten, shiitake and greens in a sweet, savory dashi, with a dab of wasabi on top.

Best at Tsubajin, Teramachi. Get: The kaiseki lunch with jibuni

Five places, and what to order

Omicho Croquettestreet-food · Omicho Market
Get: The crab cream or Kanazawa curry croquette
Ippuku Yokochostreet-food · Omicho Market
Get: Kuruma-fu, bai-whelk and nodoguro oden, standing
Ikiiki-teifamily-run · Omicho Market
Get: The Hokuriku bowl (tokusen Hokuriku don)
Omicho Ichibazushi (Kami-Omicho)for nodoguro (blackthroat seaperch) · Omicho Market
Get: The raw and seared nodoguro set
barrierfor snow crab and kobako crab · Owaricho, by Higashi Chaya
Get: Winter Feast: Crab and Dashi, with whole kobako crab

The market

Omicho Market

Covered market. Sea of Japan seafood, crab, rice bowls

The line worth it

Mori Mori Sushi, OmichoOmicho Market

Get: the Omicho three-piece set

In season this November

Kano crab (male snow crab) · Kobako crab (female snow crab)

How it works here

Tip: Never tip; it can embarrass people. Some upscale places add a service charge.

Book: Book sushi counters and kaiseki weeks to months out (often through your hotel); ramen and izakaya are walk-in, so line up.

When locals eat: Lunch 11:30am-2pm is the deal; dinner 6-9pm, many kitchens close early.