CONTRIBUTED BY: HANNAH CURTIS
If I am completely honest with you, I am not really a hotdog fan. My husband & I joke that it’s because I don’t have any ‘American’ in me (I am from New Zealand), but after hearing about The Doghouse and their unique hot dog flavors I was not only excited about heading there for lunch, but I also suggested it!
The Doghouse which opened late 2014 by a Japanese/American husband & wife duo is located on 329 in Nakagusuku; really easy to get to especially from Camp Foster.
As soon as we walked in the girls made a beeline for the kids area; as parents we absolutely love it when we find places with kids play areas, it makes dining just that much more relaxing!
With the girls happy & content playing we headed to the counter to check out the menu and order (as well as the hanging menu board, they also have some other options on the counter); classic dogs for the girls, a pizza dog for myself, and the genius idea of a Japanese curry dog for hubs.
Didn’t taco-rice come around by marrying the American’s love of tacos with the Japanese love of rice? I guess the curry-dog is just another way of marrying the two cultures/cuisines together!
My pizza dog was really good, unfortunately the curry dog was demolished before I could get a bite but he did say it was awesome! My oldest was pretty excited about her hotdog too, however my youngest was too busy playing so we ended up taking hers to go… but not before ordering another, this time the Chili Cheese Jalapeno dog. It wasn’t because we were hungry, we just really wanted to try as many flavors as we could! We split this one in half and it was definitely my favorite!
As well as hotdogs, they serve sides of nachos, potato chips, coleslaw, ice-cream and homemade applesauce. Hot dogs range in price from 240 yen – 390 yen.
We didn’t try the Italian Soda, but I seriously contemplated getting one…with added ice-cream of course!
Erin (the co-owner), was working the day we visited, and was so lovely; whenever she wasn’t preparing food, or serving others she would come and hang out on the ‘shop floor’ to chat with her customers!
Despite my dislike of hot dogs I am really looking forward to returning to try some of the other flavors, particularly the pineapple chili dog!
Hours: Saturday & Sunday (11.00 – 20.30)
Phone: 098-955-5351
Payment: Yen, dollars, Visa, MasterCard & American Express
Address: 1919 Kuba, Nakagusuku-son, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa-ken 901-2401, Japan
Directions:
Coordinates: 26.2871006, 127.81505879999997
Parking: for up to 6 cars
Website: http://www.thedoghouse.jp
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedoghousejp?fref=ts (I recommend following their facebook page because they will post if they are sold out for the day which could save you the drive over)