Most people in Chicago don’t consider Japanese food in regional terms, but when Koichiro “K.C.” Kimori was plotting to open Umacamon, his Rolling Meadows restaurant, he was thinking about his hometown, Fukuoka.
There are plenty of Kyushu favorites, but Umacamon isn’t simply a specialist. With more than a hundred items on the menu, it offers a dizzying selection of sushi, yakitori, and shareable drinking dishes. At lunchtime the focus narrows to sushi and homey comfort foods—donburi, noodles, curry rice plates, and a few yōshoku (Western-style) dishes such as the demiglace-glazed burger patty, more meat loaf than sandwich, and the fried rice-wrapped omelet omurice.
“People in Fukuoka like large,” says Koichiru. “I like big stuff too. You want to feel like you get more than what you paid.” v
1673 Algonquin Rd., Rolling Meadows 224-318-2489 umacamon.com
