【Hotel Oriental Express Kagoshima Tenmonkan】Popular Curry Buffet That Created Queues Now Features a Live Kitchen, Offering Freshly Fried Dishes and Freshly Baked Sweets
Hotel Oriental Express Kagoshima Tenmonkan's restaurant "BLUE KITCHEN" is introducing a live kitchen to its popular curry buffet, offering freshly fried dishes and freshly baked sweets "Croffle" starting May 1, 2026. This renewal aims to provide a refreshed experience with freshly prepared deliciousness.
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Hotel Oriental Express Kagoshima Tenmonkan (Yamanokuchi-cho, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture) will renew the content of its curry buffet, currently offered at the restaurant "BLUE KITCHEN," by introducing a live kitchen starting Friday, May 1, 2026. This buffet, which offers 3 types of curry daily from a total of 14 varieties, along with a wide selection of toppings for guests to freely combine, gained popularity after being featured in the media in December 2025. Its affordable price and satisfying content have also garnered support. This time, we are updating the offerings to include freshly fried dishes and freshly baked sweets, allowing guests to enjoy the taste of freshly made food.
Freshly Fried Dishes
The live kitchen will offer dishes fried to order. In addition to fried horse mackerel, daily cutlets such as beef, pork, and chicken cutlets will be available. Guests can combine these with curry to create their own personalized plate.
Freshly Baked Sweet "Croffle"
For sweets, we will newly offer "Croffle," a Korean-originated dessert made by baking croissant dough in a waffle maker. By baking it right in front of guests, it achieves a crispy exterior and a chewy interior. It will be served with a choice of two sauces: maple and strawberry.
Variety of Handmade Toppings
Toppings include fried chicken, sausages, chunky vegetables, scrambled eggs, potatoes, white rice, saffron rice, naan, rakkyo (pickled shallots), fukujinzuke (pickled daikon), and onion rings. All are prepared in-house to enhance the satisfying texture when combined with curry.
We will continue to offer a curry buffet where guests can enjoy a different taste with each visit, combining a rich variety of curries and toppings with freshly prepared dishes.
"Curry Buffet Overview"
Approximately 20 types of dishes are available, including daily changing curries, a wide selection of toppings, a salad bar, a drink bar, and freshly fried dishes and freshly baked sweets from the live kitchen.
Curries
3 types offered daily from a total of 14 varieties, including Green Curry, Keema Curry, Butter Chicken Curry, etc.
Live Kitchen
Fried dishes: Fried horse mackerel, daily cutlets (beef, pork, chicken, etc.)
Sweets: Croffle
Toppings
Fried chicken, sausages, chunky vegetables, scrambled eggs, potatoes, white rice, saffron rice, naan, rakkyo, fukujinzuke, onion rings
Salad Corner
Green salad, mini tomatoes, corn, beans, sesame dressing, Japanese dressing, orange dressing
Drink Corner
Coffee, black tea, green tea, cold water, oolong tea
Prices
Per person: 1,300 yen (tax and service included)
Ages 4 and up: 600 yen (tax included)
Ages 3 and under: Free
Operating Hours
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM (Last Order 1:30 PM)
Closed
Sundays and national holidays
*Subject to change due to circumstances. Please inquire by phone for details.
*Images are for illustrative purposes only.
~Kagoshima's Gastronomic Experience Embraced by the Blue of Sky and Sea~ "BLUE KITCHEN"
An open and spacious restaurant themed around the blue of Kagoshima's sky and sea. With the magnificent Sakurajima and Kinko Bay spreading out before your eyes, we are highly praised for our numerous dishes made with abundant Kagoshima ingredients. For breakfast, guests can enjoy a buffet themed "Exploring the Bounty of Kagoshima Mainland and Islands through Breakfast," incorporating traditional Kagoshima food culture and specialty dishes. For lunch, we constantly offer about 20 types of daily changing curries and buffet menus. Enjoy Kagoshima's unique food and a comfortable time while gazing at the serene view.
[Location] 13th floor of the building
[Seating Capacity] 60 seats
■About Hotel Oriental Express Kagoshima Tenmonkan
Located in the Tenmonkan area, Kagoshima City's largest entertainment district, this accommodation facility has 165 rooms. It is conveniently located for both tourism and business, about a 5-minute drive from Kagoshima-Chuo Station and about a 55-minute bus ride from Kagoshima Airport. As one of the "Hotel Oriental Express" series, which upholds "Essence of Nippon" as its brand concept, it offers a high-quality and comfortable stay reflecting Japan's unique aesthetic sense and hospitality. The facility includes the "BLUE KITCHEN" restaurant boasting views of Sakurajima and Kinko Bay, the "SOLID BAR" where guests can spend quality time in a relaxed atmosphere, as well as a large public bath with artificial carbonated spring, a fitness room, and an amenity base. As a stay-type hotel catering to a wide range of needs, from tourism and business trips to long-term stays, it provides a comfortable time for all visiting guests.
-Homepage: https://tenmonkan.hotelorientalexpress.com/
-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/
Freshly Fried Dishes
The live kitchen will offer dishes fried to order. In addition to fried horse mackerel, daily cutlets such as beef, pork, and chicken cutlets will be available. Guests can combine these with curry to create their own personalized plate.
Freshly Baked Sweet "Croffle"
For sweets, we will newly offer "Croffle," a Korean-originated dessert made by baking croissant dough in a waffle maker. By baking it right in front of guests, it achieves a crispy exterior and a chewy interior. It will be served with a choice of two sauces: maple and strawberry.
Variety of Handmade Toppings
Toppings include fried chicken, sausages, chunky vegetables, scrambled eggs, potatoes, white rice, saffron rice, naan, rakkyo (pickled shallots), fukujinzuke (pickled daikon), and onion rings. All are prepared in-house to enhance the satisfying texture when combined with curry.
We will continue to offer a curry buffet where guests can enjoy a different taste with each visit, combining a rich variety of curries and toppings with freshly prepared dishes.
"Curry Buffet Overview"
Approximately 20 types of dishes are available, including daily changing curries, a wide selection of toppings, a salad bar, a drink bar, and freshly fried dishes and freshly baked sweets from the live kitchen.
Curries
3 types offered daily from a total of 14 varieties, including Green Curry, Keema Curry, Butter Chicken Curry, etc.
Live Kitchen
Fried dishes: Fried horse mackerel, daily cutlets (beef, pork, chicken, etc.)
Sweets: Croffle
Toppings
Fried chicken, sausages, chunky vegetables, scrambled eggs, potatoes, white rice, saffron rice, naan, rakkyo, fukujinzuke, onion rings
Salad Corner
Green salad, mini tomatoes, corn, beans, sesame dressing, Japanese dressing, orange dressing
Drink Corner
Coffee, black tea, green tea, cold water, oolong tea
Prices
Per person: 1,300 yen (tax and service included)
Ages 4 and up: 600 yen (tax included)
Ages 3 and under: Free
Operating Hours
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM (Last Order 1:30 PM)
Closed
Sundays and national holidays
*Subject to change due to circumstances. Please inquire by phone for details.
*Images are for illustrative purposes only.
~Kagoshima's Gastronomic Experience Embraced by the Blue of Sky and Sea~ "BLUE KITCHEN"
An open and spacious restaurant themed around the blue of Kagoshima's sky and sea. With the magnificent Sakurajima and Kinko Bay spreading out before your eyes, we are highly praised for our numerous dishes made with abundant Kagoshima ingredients. For breakfast, guests can enjoy a buffet themed "Exploring the Bounty of Kagoshima Mainland and Islands through Breakfast," incorporating traditional Kagoshima food culture and specialty dishes. For lunch, we constantly offer about 20 types of daily changing curries and buffet menus. Enjoy Kagoshima's unique food and a comfortable time while gazing at the serene view.
[Location] 13th floor of the building
[Seating Capacity] 60 seats
■About Hotel Oriental Express Kagoshima Tenmonkan
Located in the Tenmonkan area, Kagoshima City's largest entertainment district, this accommodation facility has 165 rooms. It is conveniently located for both tourism and business, about a 5-minute drive from Kagoshima-Chuo Station and about a 55-minute bus ride from Kagoshima Airport. As one of the "Hotel Oriental Express" series, which upholds "Essence of Nippon" as its brand concept, it offers a high-quality and comfortable stay reflecting Japan's unique aesthetic sense and hospitality. The facility includes the "BLUE KITCHEN" restaurant boasting views of Sakurajima and Kinko Bay, the "SOLID BAR" where guests can spend quality time in a relaxed atmosphere, as well as a large public bath with artificial carbonated spring, a fitness room, and an amenity base. As a stay-type hotel catering to a wide range of needs, from tourism and business trips to long-term stays, it provides a comfortable time for all visiting guests.
-Homepage: https://tenmonkan.hotelorientalexpress.com/
-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/