Tasting new foods or typical foods in an area is an inseparable part of a trip. Especially when visiting areas or countries that we have never visited before. For example if we visit Japan, so we should taste Japanese food.

Japan has a culinary culture that is not only unique, but interesting. It makes many tourists from all over the world like to come to Japan. Each region offers different culinary specialties, depending on where you visit.

Located in the southern and western parts of the four islands in Japan, Kyusu is an area that has an extraordinary culinary culture. Kyusu is also famous as the birthplace of the Japanese. If you stop by Kyusu when you visit Japan, don't miss the hot springs.

HuThe Kyusu region itself has seven prefectures, namely Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Oita, Saga and Nagasaki. Fukuoka is one of the largest cities and it is the eighth largest center of heavy industry.

Talking about Fukuoka, it is not complete if you do not talk about its culinary. The location of Fukuoka is surrounded by the ocean, so it has a variety of culinary delights that are influenced by flavors from outside Japan. Just look at Hakata port, a popular port that facilitates cultural exchange with Korea and China. For example, food in Gyoza, China, Korea and Japan are almost the same, right? Like dumplings with meat filling, which are sometimes cooked by boiling or frying.

So, what other culinary cultures can you eat when you go to Kyusu Island, Fukuoka? Here are the recommendations for What to Eat in Fukuoka for you. Don’t worry it is not expensive!

Mentaiko (pollock roe) or spicy fish roe is fish roe seasoned with hot chilies. If you often buy sushi, you will definitely be familiar with Mentaiko. The taste is unique, and hard to forget. Mentaiko is also often combined with lalin recipes, for example made as an ingredient for cream pasta, rice crackers, omurice, udon noodles, and so on.

For those who don't like fishy tastes, you definitely won't like Mentaiko. It's also called fish eggs, right? But it also depends on what you cook, if you prepare it with spices or sauce it will definitely taste different.

When you visit Fukuoka, you can find Mentaiko being sold by street vendors here. One of them is Mentaiko wrapped in a typical Japanese omelet, which is soft and tender.

Besides sushi, ramen is the most famous and popular Japanese food in the world. Ramen also has different characteristic flavors. While you're in Fukuoka, don't miss out on enjoying a bowl of Tonkotsu Ramen.

Tonkotsu ramen is also known as Hakata ramen, because the broth is made from pork bones, back fat, and other spices which make the broth taste delicious. It turns out that the broth is boiled within 12 hours, so that it really has a delicious and thick taste.

Tonkotsu broth will be filled with thin, straight noodles, with a variety of topping choices, such as half-boiled eggs, sliced ​​pork belly, chopped green onions, nori, and spiced bamboo shoots.

Tonkotsu ramen is also very popular among Japanese women, because it contributes to skin elasticity and anti-aging, from the collagen found in pork bone marrow. For Muslims, of course you can't try it, right? But it doesn't matter, there are still lots of what to eat in Fukuoka.

Motsunabe comes from the words motsu and nabe. Motsu means beef offal or pork innards and nabe means hot pot. So Motsunabe is a food filled with beef or pork innards, which is cooked in a hot pan and is suitable to be enjoyed in winter.

In fact, behind a pot of Motsunabe, there is the meaning of mottainai (regret for wastage). It is such a good way so that all cooked parts of the animal are not wasted.

Usually Motsunabe contains of soup made from savory soy sauce and boiled with beef or pork offal then added with spring onions and cabbage. The taste of the broth is very tasty, from the combination of offal and vegetables. As time went by, the Motsunabe dish also experienced many additions in the form of vegetables, noodles, meat, mushrooms, and so on.

Gyoza or dumplings, is a dish that originates from China and entered Japan via Fukuoka. These bite-sized dumplings taste hard to forget and make anyone who enjoys them want to eat them again and again.

Gyoza has a filling of minced meat and vegetables. Gyoza can also be enjoyed fried (Yaki-gyoza) or boiled (Sui-gyoza).

Gyoza is delicious eaten with a spicy sauce or contains vinegar and a little pepper. To enjoy Gyoza, you can visit Temujin at the Daimyo

Miztutaki is a hot pot dish, which is almost the same as motsunabe. Yes, it is kind of alternative for those who don't like innards, and don’t like thick taste as well.

Miztutaki's pot filling is usually bite-sized chicken or beef, with additional vegetables such as mustard greens, various kinds of mushrooms, tofu and cooked in a simple sauce.

Miztutaki is also enjoyed with ponzu sauce, so when you cook vegetables or meat, you just dip it in the sauce and then eat it.

If you like mackerel sashimi, you have to come to Fukuoka. Why? Because sashimi with fresh mackerel fish is served every day, remember that mackerel fish is easily spoils than other fish.

Well, Fukuoka itself is very strategic, as a fishing place for saba (mackerel), as well as the location of the Genkai sea which is outside Hakata Bay. If you want to eat fresh sashimi, then Fukuoka is the place.

Goma saba (sesame mackerel) is an appetizing local dish, sprinkled with sesame seeds, topped with rice in cooking, with sake and soy sauce. Roasted sesame seeds will give off a delicious aroma.

Chimaki is a traditional dish that has existed in Japan for centuries, which was originally introduced by China.

The shape is rice wrapped in green bamboo leaves, and filled with meat, mushrooms and vegetables. But there is also Chimaki with different fillings, as a dessert filled with sweet red beans. The texture of Chimaki itself is sticky, like a rice cake. Chimaki is also easy to find all over Japan, which one is your choice? Chimaki filled with sweet red beans or Chimaki filled with meat and vegetables?

It won't be enough to enjoy the culinary delights in Fukuoka in one day. It needs a few days to be able to enjoy the variety of culinary delights served.

Instead of having to go back and forth, why not just stay overnight in Fukuoka. Don't worry, you can find many wallet-friendly budget hotels on Traveloka. Start your list now of what to eat in Fukuoka.

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