"CoCo Ichibanya Hirosaki Joto Store" (Tosaki, Hirosaki City) offers the original menu "Apple croquette" and "Apple croquette curry" limited to the store on the 5th of every month.

Two kinds of croquettes, "apple croquette", which are finely chopped apples from Aomori prefecture and mixed with sweet potatoes and potatoes. Squeeze green beans to express the heat. Naomi Kuruma, the store manager, is confident that “it's a product unique to Aomori Prefecture”.

The same menu that was offered only as a store of "CoCo Ichibanya Aomori Ekimae Store" (Shinmachi, Aomori City) that closed in January 2015. Mr. Keima, who was also involved in the development, said, "We decided to close the store in front of Aomori station, and we thought that it would be a waste of apple croquette, so we restarted it in December last year."

Currently, only this store sells "Apple croquette". The offer is only on the 5th of every month that the city defines as "the day to eat apples". It is said that some people are disappointed when they come to the store on days other than the day it is provided. Mr. Keima, who exclaims, "It's difficult to prepare, so prepare from the day before." Each one is handmade and fried after receiving an order. The price is "Apple croquette" = 239 yen for 2 pieces, 717 yen for 6 takeouts, "700 yen for apple croquette curry"). Limited to 20 servings.

The chain store has a system that can propose new recipes with regional characteristics, and Mr. Keima continues to devise menus limited to regions. "I want to commercialize curry that uses Tsugaru's local dish" Igamenchi "," he says.

Business hours are from 11:00 to 24:00.