NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office (Taito-ku, Tokyo, Regional Head Office Director: Shinichi Ishikawa) and Nex-area Company Limited Utsunomiya Branch (Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture, Branch Manager: Koichi Anraku) provides services. As part of the "Hana-making" aiming to create unique stores in the area (SA), "3rd NEXCO EAST New Menu Contest Utsunomiya Block Preliminary Meeting" with the theme of "Focus on Anshin" local menu Will be held, so let me know.

At the Utsunomiya block qualifying event, seven SA restaurants in Saitama and Tochigi prefectures in the Tohoku Expressway region compete in the qualifying event, and two of the gold-winning stores will challenge the final competition held in Tokyo next February.

1 Date and time

Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:30-15:00

2 venue

Utsunomiya Cooking College

栃木県宇都宮市平出町3580-3  TEL：028-662-7166

3 participants

Tohoku Expressway Hasuda SA (lower), Sano SA (upper and lower), Kamikochi SA (upper and lower), Nasu Kogen SA (upper and lower) 7 restaurants in total

4 themes

""Anshin" commitment" local menu

The theme was "feeling" for customers to use "anshin" and to enjoy the local menu using local ingredients.

5 conditions

(1) The selling price (tax included price) shall be 1,000 yen or more and 2,000 yen or less.

(2) Must be sold in the area from March 2009.

(However, within the jurisdiction of this branch, sales are scheduled to start in January 2009, except for seasonal products.)

6 Examination method

After 10 people such as culinary experts and customer representatives have examined the tastings, the works of 2 stores that won the gold prize will be exhibited at the final competition (scheduled to be held on Friday, February 27, 2009).

7 exhibited works

(1) "Grace, Reikasen"

Hasuda SA (Out-bound line)

(2) "Children's lunch for adults"

Sano SA (In-bound line)

(3) "Tochigi Village Hospitality"

Sano SA (Out-bound line)

(4) "Blessing of the clear stream Shirasagi Gozen"

Kamikawachi SA (In-bound line)

(5) “Kyubishokusai Monogatari”

Kamikochi SA (Out-bound line)

(6) "Nasu Kogen bird chirping ~empty poem~"

Nasu Kogen SA (In-bound line)

(7) "Various sets of Nasu Kogen"

Nasu Kogen SA (Out-bound line)

8 Other

Schedule of the day (planned)

10:00 Reception

10:30 Opening Ceremony, Presentation

12:15 Cooking

13:00 tasting

14:00 Examination

14:20 Awarding ceremony, Closing ceremony

• You can also sample it for the press.

[Last year's gold medal winning work]

Kamikawachi SA (Out-bound Line) Futaba Foods Co., Ltd. “Shunsai Shigano Doraku”

Nasu Kogen SA (Out-bound Line) Nasu Kogen Food Service Co., Ltd. “Nasu Nogahara Aya Gozen”