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Hunton Rice
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A Kanazawa Western-style dish of ketchup-flavored butter rice wrapped in a thin omelet and topped with fried white fish and tartar sauce.
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About this dish
- Main ingredients
- Butter rice, egg, fried white fish, ketchup, tartar sauce
- History and origin
- There are theories such as that it was born around 1960 as a staff meal at a Kanazawa restaurant. Another theory holds that its prototype was a staff meal devised by the head chef of a department store restaurant in the city so that it could be eaten as a single plate during short breaks. The name is said to be a coined word combining "Han" from Hungary and "ton," meaning tuna in French, but there are various theories.
- When it is eaten
- It is served as a Kanazawa Western-style dish at local restaurants, coffee shops, and similar places.
- How it is eaten
- The orthodox style is to serve it on a glossy silver flat plate. Variations include adding fried shrimp or fried oysters, or using demi-glace sauce instead of ketchup sauce.
Sources
- ハントンライスとは？金沢名物の由来と人気店5選｜ほっと石川旅ねっと（石川県観光公式サイト） · Tourism organization · Source checked 2026-10-12
- ハントンライス - Wikipedia · Encyclopedia · Source checked 2026-10-12
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