{"id":21536,"date":"2018-02-14T11:45:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T03:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=21536"},"modified":"2024-02-15T10:55:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T02:55:58","slug":"kentouka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/cuisines\/japanese\/kentouka\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentouka in Lucena: Your Go-To Place for Takoyaki, Okonomiyaki, and Taiyaki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Kentouka<\/strong> is an authentic Japanese restaurant established by a married couple in <strong>Lucena, Quezon Province<\/strong>, which is about two hours south of Manila. This modest restaurant specializes in takoyaki and other Japanese dishes\u00a0that use\u00a0recipes the couple mastered for more than three decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21537\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Kentouka in Lucena city is best known for their delicious authentic takoyaki. \/ IMAGE from Kentouka<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kentouka began serving takoyaki ten years ago. It was just about a year ago when they formally opened a restaurant to cater to patrons who want to dine in and enjoy the food. They also added more delicious dishes like tonkatsu, tempura, ramen, dumplings, and sushi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1836\" height=\"1224\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21540\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-5.jpg 1836w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-5-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-5-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1836px) 100vw, 1836px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Kentouka opened a restaurant to cater to customers who want to dine in. \/ IMAGE from Kentouka<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Their <strong>takoyaki<\/strong> remains the most popular item on their menu. They use octopus that&#8217;s freshly baked every day. The sauce and seasoning they use are also well-loved by the locals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21537\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Takoyaki \/ IMAGE from Kentouka<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Their <strong>okonomiyaki<\/strong> meanwhile uses plenty of ingredients that gives a nice medley of exquisite flavors. You can even watch the staff making this delicious &#8220;Japanese-style pizza&#8221; at the open area of their kitchen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21538\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-2.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-2-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-2-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Okonomiyaki \/ IMAGE from Kentouka<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For dessert, be sure to try their <strong>Taiyaki<\/strong>, fish-shaped Japanese cakes that have delicious fillings like chocolate!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21539\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-4.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-4-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-4-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/02\/Kentouka-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Taiyaki \/ IMAGE from Kentouka<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Kentouka will definitely attract you with its authentic Japanese food offerings, reasonable prices, and bright and laidback ambiance. If you ever find yourself in this part of town, be sure to stop by and see why many locals keep coming back to this Japanese restaurant!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This modest restaurant specializes in takoyaki and other Japanese dishes that use recipes the couple mastered for more than three decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,224,225,199,200],"tags":[1516,473,1773,1774,1679,1775,750],"class_list":["post-21536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese","category-quezon-province","category-lucena","category-japanese-ramen","category-japanese-tonkatsu","tag-authentic-japanese-food","tag-japanese-restaurant","tag-kentouka","tag-lucena","tag-okonomiyaki","tag-quezon-province","tag-takoyaki"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21536"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49565,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21536\/revisions\/49565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}