Hokkaido Street Food

7 dishes in Japan

7 street foods from Hokkaido, Japan: Sapporo Miso Ramen, Jingisukan, Zangi, Hokkaido Soft Cream and Yaki Tokibi and more. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

Street foods of Hokkaido

Ramen Alley Original · Hokkaido Winter Broth Sapporo Miso Ramen It was invented after a customer at a small Sapporo shop supposedly asked the owner to put noodles straight into his bowl of miso soup, kicking off… Thick, wavy egg noodles bred specifically to stand up to a heavy broth are served in a rich pork-and-miso soup, often topped with corn, butter, bean sprouts and ground pork — a bowl built… Beer Garden Grill · Mutton on a Dome Jingisukan (Genghis Khan Grilled Mutton) The dome-shaped cast iron grill it's cooked on is shaped to resemble a Mongolian soldier's helmet — the name and imagery were adopted in Japan with… Sliced mutton and lamb are grilled at the table on a convex iron dome, the rendered fat basting a ring of bean sprouts, onion and cabbage piled around the rim, everything dipped in a… Kushiro Original · Bone-In Fried Chicken Zangi The name comes from the Chinese word for fried chicken, zhájī — the Kushiro shop that coined it inserted an extra "n" sound in the middle, borrowed… A whole chicken is hacked into large bone-in pieces, marinated in soy sauce, sake, garlic and ginger, then deep-fried to a dark, heavily seasoned crust and served with a dipping sauce… Dairy Farm Stand · Milk Soft Serve Hokkaido Soft Cream Hokkaido produces more than half of all the raw milk in Japan, and its soft serve is so much higher in butterfat that a cone here tastes noticeably… A dense, high-butterfat soft serve made straight from Hokkaido's own dairies is sold from farm stands and roadside stops across the island, often folded with local specialty flavors like… 🌽 Odori Park Wagons · Soy-Glazed Corn Yaki Tokibi (Sapporo Grilled Corn) Tokibi is simply the Hokkaido dialect word for corn, so the carts in Sapporo's Odori Park are known as tokibi wagons. Cobs of Hokkaido-grown corn are grilled until charred and brushed with a soy-based glaze, then handed over whole to eat standing in the park; the same carts also sell boiled corn and… Potato Mochi · Pioneer Food Imomochi (Potato Rice Cakes) Despite the name there is no rice in it: settlers made it as a mochi substitute because rice was hard to grow in early Hokkaido. Steamed potatoes are mashed with potato starch, shaped into patties and pan-fried until crisp outside and chewy inside, usually finished with a sweet soy glaze, butter or melted cheese… Ishikari River Classic · Salmon Miso Hot Pot Ishikari Nabe The traditional finishing touch is a pinch of sansho pepper, whose citrusy tingle cuts through the richness of the salmon and miso. Fresh salmon chunks and bones are simmered with cabbage, daikon, potato, leek and tofu in a miso-flavored broth, traditionally finished with a sprinkle of sansho pepper; some cooks add a…

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