Following from my previous post, onto next is the city of Hakata, Fukuoka.
Known so well with its unique food culture and being motherland to many of great Japanese cuisine such as Tonkotu Ramen (pork bone ramen), Mentaiko (cod ovum), Udon, Soba, Motsu-nabe (giblet hotpot) to name a few.
With my trip to Japan, I’m so conscious of what food culture those places we visit have and take pride in.
So let’s dive right into the gourmet town of Fukuoka, and put their name to the test!
Motsu-nabe at Ooishi.
One thing Hakata is known for is those Yatai, street stall where maximum customers of 4 or 5 is able to sit at the counter.
Mind you, these are right in the center of the town.
Below is from Tenjin town, another popuar stand “Kokin-chan“.
On a different day, we went on a excursion on “The Rail Kitchen Chikugo“.
A train dedicated to dining purpose and it would take you to areas around Fukuoka City.
After getting off the rail kitchen, we visited the original Ramen restaurant called “Nankin Senryo” that started “Tonkotsu Ramen”.
When we hear Tonkotsu, we think of thick, almost sticky soup texture but the original Tonkotsu that this family came up with was quite simple and thinner.
If you read Japanese, please have a look at this old newspaper article.
You can read that they started with a street stall before they began operating as a restaurant in 1937.
So much history.
(Yomiuri Shinbun article from 1998. 11. 1.)
Then we moved to Yanagawa, to enjoy a river crusing. A little explanation of this water city from the official HP.
Located in the south of Fukuoka Prefecture, the city is covered with a network of ditches, creating the unique climate of Yanagawa.
In the Edo period, the city was also a beautiful castle town, and visitors can experience its long history and culture.
The river cruise is a great way to enjoy the time passing by while listening to the boatman’s songs, or simply walking along the ditches.
Tonpeiyaki (pork and cabbage omelette) for a snack.
Don’t forget to visit local sauna spa whenver you have a chance.
After a sauna experience, follows a beer and a Ramen!
If you’re in Fukuoka pref., then most likely a Tonkotsu one!
Comes morning, another another bowl of Ramen from a different restaurant.
Nagahama is one of the largest Ramen clans of local Ramen industry, worth remembering.
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Hey, we weren’t just pigging out to satisfy Ramen-crazed desire…
Next we went to was a food culture museum run by Fukuya, one of the largest Mentaiko (spicy cod roe) manufacturing company.
Here there was an explanations on how Tonkotsu Ramen was born…
Also about how soft you want the noodles to be boiled… If you want to have it hard, a word you want to remember is “Barikata”, meaning Very Hard!
Then the dinner time, this time it was at “Yushin”, well known Gyoza (grilled dumplings) place.
Scenery from Fukuoka streets.
Last day at Fukuoka, just so little time to eat…!
This time to a restaurant called ”Nagano”, a Mizutaki restaurant.
“Mizutaki” is a kind of a one-pot dish cooked at the table, a very local dish but popular all over Japan.
Then another Ramen at Shinshin.
Another one at the airport. Mohikan Ramen.
Wow, I almost lost track of it by now…
We just enjoyed the best food culture there.
If in future you’re all going to Hakata, Fukuoka, those places we visited are considered top-notch, so make sure to visit them!
Just be careful not to put on too much weight after Hakata experience like I did…!
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