A note on the words: patty-patty is the shop’s own name for a burger built without a bun — the vegetables are held between two meat patties instead. Hachijojima is an island south of Tokyo, and Sokodo is one of its ports. Hachijo sauce is the name given to the sauces made for these burgers.
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SEA SIDE KITCHEN WA on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Hello, this is Hangover Meshi. I was searching for something to eat on Hachijojima and found a burger place that looked good, right by Sokodo port! The wind that day was ferocious, so wandering around hunting was going to be rough, and I decided to go straight in. It was only a little past lunchtime, but when I stepped inside they told me that at this hour it was takeout only. Well, there was no telling whether I could get food anywhere else, so I placed my order!
A Hachijojima sauce burger — does that not sound good!
Mostly there is the style they call patty-patty, where the vegetables are held between meat instead of bread, and there is the ordinary hamburger. Both use Hachijo sauce, so they are burgers you only get on the island! Does that not look good! This trip already had a distinct feeling of overeating about it, so I went with the patty-patty to hold back on carbs. ^^ For the sauce, the most popular one: lemon! The standard patty-patty is two patties for 1,140 yen, but you can go up to three, four, and so on, at — 350 yen per extra patty, I think? Ten patties would be 3,500 yen, ha. At that point it is pure spectacle.
Right away the sizzle of the patties hitting the grill and a good smell filled the place.
They let me wait inside until it was ready.
After a while, done! You cannot eat inside the shop, but since I was here anyway — off to somewhere with a view!
Ta-da!
The diameter is on the small side, but this is a heavyweight burger, dense in the hand. The fillings are simple: tomato and lettuce. One bite in, the lemon sauce comes through and the whole thing tastes wonderfully clean. The meat is thick and generous. This alone is plenty to fill you up.
Eating a Hachijo sauce burger while looking out at the sea!
You do not get an experience like this very often. It feels like the island way of enjoying yourself. And if this is not enough, I gather you can add as many patties as you like, so why not take on the ten-patty challenge or something of that order?!
So then — on the island, shops very often shut the moment lunchtime passes, so timing is everything! And when you find a place that is open, the important thing is to go in without hesitating. I was grateful they were doing at least takeout! I thought it was a properly serious gourmet burger, so since it is right by Sokodo port, why not drop in yourself?!
SEA SIDE KITCHEN WA (Hamburger / Hachijojima)
Tabelog lunch rating ★★★☆☆ 3.0
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
