Street Food: Squids Cracker in Kamakura

Kamakura Street Food
Squid is one of dishes we can’t live without in Japan. When it comes to street food, there’ll always  be grill squids with soy sauce. When we first saw squid cracker shop in Kamakura, we immediately wanted to try it. We could not find any squid cracker in Tokyo by far, so without a second thought we queued to get some.
Squid cracker costs ¥350. One must purchase the ticket and give it to the chef. Suica / passmo card cannot be used to buy the ticket here.  It takes 10 – 15 minutes to prepare the cracker.
Kamakura Street Food
Kamakura Street Food
It takes four squids for half cracker. This is how the squid looks like before turns into cracker. It’s marinated in flour.
Kamakura Street Food

A manual pressure pan that can turn squid into a very thin and crispy cracker.

Kamakura Street Food
After 10-15 minutes of cooking, there wasn’t any sign of squid left.
Kamakura Street Food

The squid has turned into a very thin cracker.

Kamakura Street Food

Final result: squid cracker, crispy and delicious.

Kamakura Street Food

The squid cracker shop can be found on the way to Big Buddha in Kamakura. It’s the most crowded shop along the way.

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