If you are around the center of town in Mito, you can find the basketball gym that the Ibaraki Robots practice in. Behind that gym there is an outside dinning restaurant that looks really nice. Welcome to M-Spo Terrace Blue Blue.
M-Spo Terrace Blue Blue
Yeah, it has a long and weird name, so I am just going to call it BB. BB has an outside dinning area and a small indoor dinning area but I highly recommend eating in the out door dinning area. It has a really nice atmosphere and if the weather is nice, it is a perfect place to have lunch or dinner. The outside area consists of a wooden deck area and a concrete area. All the tables are under tents so no need to worry about getting too much sun. It was a beautiful sunny day when the wife and I went, so we decided to try out the deck area.
Food Truck
BB's kitchen is basically a huge food truck. There are actually two food trucks at BB. One is the kitchen and to be honest, I have no idea what the other truck is for. Maybe for drinks?
BBQ Option
If you feel like grilling some meat and vegetables at BB, you can totally do that. The BBQ courses range from 3,000 yen to 6,000 yen. The meat options seem to be wieners, beef and bacon. You get a full plate of vegetables to grill and curry (for some reason). The wife and I are curious to try the BBQ course the next time we visit.
Lunch Menu
We both looked at the lunch menu and wondered what we should get. I should say that the menu for BB is seasonal. I believe the menu changes for autumn and winter. The menu pictured above is the spring and summer menu. The lunch menu has hamburg steak, hamburg steak with tomato and mozzarella cheese, rib roast steak, and curry with Hitachi beef. Then you have the sides menu which has fries, fish and shrimp, margarita pizza and more. Finally, the dessert menu has vanilla ice cream, sorbet of the day, churros in chocolate sauce and some more tasty sounding desserts.
The wife and I decided on rib roast steak for her, the hamburg steak with mozzarella cheese for me, margarita pizza (boy would we come to regret that) and churros in chocolate sauce.
Salad
The salad comes with whatever you order for lunch. I was very impressed by the salad. I don't really remember what the dressing was but I liked it. The small piece of quiche was delicious and a nice touch to the salad. But what really surprised me was the mashed sweet potatoes. Getting a fork full of that was a bright spot on my day. The salad was great. The rest though...
Margarita Pizza
Don't order this. Just don't. The wife and I immediately regretted ordering this. I could make a better pizza with my microwave and ingredients from Family Mart.
The Hamburg Steak with Mozzarella Cheese (minus the tomato)
It was time to dig into our main courses. When the skillet with my hamburg steak came, I was not impressed. I think the picture says it all. I got a fork full of just the steak and it wasn't bad, not great but not bad. The cheese was terrible. It tasted rubbery and did nothing for the steak. It was like biting into a soft tire. The fries were also not that great. The sauce was OK but honestly I have had better. I was pretty disappointed in my cheese hamburg steak. How did the wife fair?
Rib Roast Steak (cut)
I forgot to mention that you can order your steak cut or whole. Anyway, the wife also did not look impressed. She got a piece of steak, tried it and gave me the so-so face. I tried a piece as well and I have to say, it was better than my hamburg steak but not by much. Again, the sauce was OK but it really didn't do much. Fries were the same and the vegetables were over cooked. All in all, not great.
Churros in Chocolate Sauce
Even though the wife and I were not very impressed with our lunch, our eyes did light up when the dessert came. We both each took a churro, dipped it in chocolate sauce and completely forgot about our not so great lunches. The chocolate sauce was fantastic and it was perfect with the churros. I will say that BB does know how to do desserts. Unfortunately, this dessert finishes quickly. You only get two small pieces of churros and for 700 yen, I don't really think you are getting your money's worth.
BB At Night
After we finished our lunch, we headed back to Tsuchiura feeling pretty disappointed. We were not really happy with what we had just ate, especially the margarita pizza.
So the food was not great, actually not really even good, so why did I write about this place? Well, I really enjoyed the outside dinning experience. Everyone around us was having a good time. The customers BBQing were really enjoying it, the area is nice and it seems like a great place to hang out with friends and have drinks. I want to go back to BB with a group of my and my wife's friends. Will we be ordering from the lunch menu? No. No way. We will most likely get some drinks, try the BBQ option and enjoy the day.
I can't really recommend the food here but maybe the other menu items are better. I will report back when I grill some BBQ there but otherwise, get a group of friends and just have drinks on the deck area. It is a really nice feeling and quite .
Enjoy!
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