Kanto Street Food

7 dishes in Japan

7 street foods from Kanto, Japan: Monjayaki, Ningyo-yaki, Menchi Katsu, Fukagawa-meshi and Utsunomiya Gyoza and more. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

Street foods of Kanto

Tsukishima Specialty · Runny Griddle Batter Monjayaki The batter is so watery it can't hold a pancake shape at all — cooks scrape it into a crispy ring on the griddle and eat straight off the hotplate… A dashi-heavy, almost liquid batter mixed with cabbage and other fillings is poured onto a hot teppan, where it spreads thin and is scraped and pressed into a crackling crust, eaten bit by… Asakusa Souvenir · Doll-Shaped Cake Ningyo-yaki When it was invented in the early 1900s at a confectioner in Tokyo's Ningyocho district, ningyo-yaki was molded in the shape of the Seven Lucky… A light castella-style batter of flour, egg and sugar is baked in individual cast-iron molds shaped like little figures, lanterns or temple pagodas, then filled with sweet red bean paste… Ameyoko Market Staple · Fried Meat Patty Menchi Katsu One popular story credits Ginza's Western-style restaurant Rengatei, opened in 1895, with the first menchi katsu, though its origin is disputed; it… Ground meat mixed with onion and breadcrumbs is shaped into a flat patty, breaded and deep-fried until deeply crisp, then handed over on its own or tucked into a bun as a hot, walk-and-eat… Edo Fishermen's Bowl · Clam Rice Fukagawa-meshi There are two classic styles: the fishermen's original bukkake, clams in miso broth poured over rice, and a later takikomi version with the rice… Asari clams are simmered with green onion, and sometimes tofu or fried tofu, in a miso-seasoned broth and poured over a bowl of rice, or the rice itself is cooked in the clam broth and… 🥟 Tochigi's Dumpling City · Takeaway Trays Utsunomiya Gyoza In 1990 a study group of city employees noticed Utsunomiya households topped the national gyoza spending figures and turned that statistic into a… Pan-fried and boiled pork-and-vegetable dumplings served fast and cheap at small counter shops across Utsunomiya, many with takeaway windows, and at stalls during the city's annual gyoza… Enoshima Approach · Whole-Octopus Cracker Tako Senbei (Enoshima Octopus Cracker) Two or three whole small octopuses are flattened into each cracker by a hot press, so their outlines show clearly in the finished senbei. Octopus is laid on thin cracker batter and squashed flat in a heavy heated iron press, then handed over crisp and hot to eat while walking the shopping street up to Enoshima Shrine. 🍣 Edo Bay Origin · Hand-Pressed Fast Food Edomae Nigirizushi Sushi began as street food eaten standing at a stall counter — the whole point of pressing rice and fish by hand was to skip the days-long… Fresh Tokyo Bay fish is pressed by hand onto a small mound of vinegared rice and handed over two pieces at a time, built to be eaten on the spot rather than carried home.

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