After the long cycle with head-on winds over the final bridge it was pleasing to make it to the hotel as it was getting dark. in searching for dinner Kym found a couple of locations one of them was pizza. Given the tough ride (all that climbing and head wind) we jumped at the opportunity.

The place featured a traditional wood fired pizza open inside the restaurant. While the menu was in Japanese we used the translate functions on our phones to decide on:

• Salad
• Prosciutto with buffalo mozzarella
• Four cheeses pizza
• Picante (spiced meat with tomato base)
• Bottle of red wine
• Dessert- yuzu ice cream and chocolate cake

The experience was a delight – it reminded us of Etica our favourite pizza place in Adelaide. Even down to the music on the playlist (what is it with Phil Collins..?!!). h

The pizzas themselves were perfect, and great flavour of the toppings. Four cheeses include a blue cheese (oh!). To top it off we had dessert – the ice cream at the perfect amount of citrus… ah. It was a perfect end to a great meal.

The pizza maker was Daniel who had moved to Imabari from Sydney. He mentioned he had cycled the Shimanami Kaido – twice in one day! (That is at least over 140km in a day) Truely amazing – and a super impressive effort.

When next in Imabari we really recommend this place for dinner – especially if you cycled, as it’s a great reward for getting to the destination… and will certainly replace all the carbohydrates used on the ride.