長崎名物の一つとしてテレビ番組でも時折紹介されるトルコライスですが，その発祥は定かでありません。市内中心部では，複数の老舗レストランが「元祖」を名乗っていますが，それぞれに個性があり，違う美味しさが味わえます。
比較的新しい郊外の店舗の中にも，それらの老舗にひけをとらぬ店も多くあります。その中でも，長崎市の北部に位置する「向日葵亭」のトルコライスは特に人気があります。
Turkey Rice is sometimes featured on TV as a specialty of Nagasaki, but its origin is obscure. There are some old restaurants that claim to be the originator of Turkey Rice in the downtown area of the city, and each of them has its own originality so you can enjoy various tastes through them.
There are many new restaurants which also serve Turkey Rice in the suburbs of the city, and some of them are as good as the old ones. A restaurant called “Himawari Tei” which is located in the northern area of Nagasaki city is particularly popular.
現在，メニューには様々なバリエーションのトルコライスが載せてあり，どれにしようか迷いますが，創業当時は向日葵風トルコライスのみだったようです。現在のそれは，ピラフにカレーソース，ヒレカツ，そしてミートソースまたはトマトソースのスパゲティという組み合わせになっています。その一品一品が美味しい上に，一つの皿の上で混ざり合う中で相乗効果による美味しさが生まれてきます。
Now you can see various types of Turkey Rice on their menu so it is not easy to choose, but there used to be only one called Himawari Style Turkey Rice when they started the restaurant. The current one consists of pilaf, curry sauce, cutlets of pork fillet, and spaghetti meat sauce or tomato sauce. Each one of them that composes the dish is essentially delicious and, on top of that, they could be even better by the combined effect when they are mixed together on the dish.
中心部から離れているため，アクセスのいい場所ではないのですが，向日葵亭からさらに北に向かう道はサンセット・ロードと呼ばれ，素晴らしい夕日を楽しめます。ドライブやツーリングの途中で立ち寄るお店としては，絶好のロケーションです。
The restaurant is a little bit away from the center of the city so its location is not so convenient to visit, but the road which leads north from the restaurant is called Sunset Road where you can enjoy the fantastic sunset. I recommend you to stop by this restaurant when you are out for taking a drive or touring by motorcycle.
www.himawaritei.jp
turkeyrice.hateblo.jp
