Kyushu Street Food

7 dishes in Japan

7 street foods from Kyushu, Japan: Hakata Tonkotsu Ramen, Motsunabe, Karashi Mentaiko, Toriten and Sasebo Burger and more. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

Street foods of Kyushu

Yatai Row · Milky Pork Bone Broth Hakata Tonkotsu Ramen The broth's signature cloudy-white color was a mistake — at a Kurume ramen stall in 1947, the pork bones were accidentally left boiling on high heat… Pork bones are boiled for hours until the broth turns thick, milky-white and intensely rich, ladled over ultra-thin noodles bred specifically to cook fast, topped simply with chashu pork… Hakata Izakaya Hot Pot · Beef Offal Motsunabe Offal in Japan is called 'horumon', and a popular folk etymology links it to Osaka dialect 'hōru mon', things you throw away, though the word more… Beef or pork offal is simmered at the table in a shallow pot with a wall of garlic chives, cabbage and a soy or miso broth, traditionally finished by tipping in noodles or rice to soak up… Fukuoka Signature · Spicy Cod Roe Karashi Mentaiko Kawahara never patented or trademarked his karashi mentaiko recipe and shared it freely with competitors, which is why Fukuoka now has well over a… Salted pollock roe sacs are cured in a chili-and-seasoning marinade until firm and deep red, then sliced open and eaten raw over rice, folded into pasta, or grilled — sold whole by weight… Oita Soul Food · Battered Fried Chicken Toriten Oita is also a karaage heartland, with the city of Nakatsu promoting itself as Japan's karaage capital, so one prefecture is home to two rival… Boneless chicken pieces are marinated in soy sauce, sake and garlic, dipped in a thin tempura batter and deep-fried, then served with a ponzu dipping sauce spiked with hot mustard rather… Navy Town Burger · Made to Order Sasebo Burger There is no single recipe: each of the roughly 20 shops the city certifies as serving authentic Sasebo burgers makes its own version with its own… Big, made-to-order hamburgers sold from burger stands and small shops across Sasebo, usually wrapped in paper for eating on the go. Nagasaki Chinatown · Braised Pork Bun Kakuni Manju (Braised Pork Belly Bun) The filling descends from Chinese dongpo pork, which reached Japan through Nagasaki, the port that kept trading with China during the Edo-period… A thick slab of pork belly slow-braised in soy sauce, sugar and mirin is folded into a soft steamed bun, sold from bamboo steamers in Nagasaki's Chinatown and eaten on the street. Nagasaki Chinatown Original · Pork & Seafood Noodle Bowl Nagasaki Champon The noodles are never boiled separately — they're simmered directly in the pork-and-seafood broth, so the bowl thickens as the starch cooks right… Thick wheat noodles are simmered together with stir-fried pork, squid, prawns, fish cake and vegetables in a milky pork-and-seafood broth, arriving as a single hearty one-bowl meal.

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