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5 Must Try Dishes in Hokkaido | Japanese Food
5 Must Try Dishes in Hokkaido | Japanese Food
Explore Hokkaido's culinary scene, from fresh seafood at Hakodate Morning Market to unique shio ramen and Sapporo's signature soup curry, perfect for the cold climate.
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1Hakodate Morning MarketSeafood market · Hokkaido4.1 (781)Closed · opens Monday 6 AMHakodate Morning Market Ekini Market, 9-19 Wakamatsucho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 040-0063, Japan- Crab legs — Freshly grilled crab legs, served steaming hot. The meat has a succulent, juicy texture, often compared to chicken breast. I literally saw the crab killed about 10 minutes ago, so it's incredibly fresh.
- Donburi with salmon, salmon roe, and hotate — A bowl of rice topped with a mixture of different fresh fish, including salmon, salmon roe, and scallops (hotate). The local way to eat it is to pour soy sauce mixed with wasabi directly over the fish in the bowl. The salmon roe is very salty, which I'm still getting used to.
- Yubari melon slice · ¥250 — A slice of Hokkaido's famously expensive Yubari melon, known for its almost perfectly round appearance and sweet taste. A single slice costs 250 yen, a small fraction of the millions yen that perfectly round Yubari king melons can fetch at auction.
2Hakodate Shio Ramen RestaurantRamen restaurant · Hakodate4.1Closed · opens 5 PMHakodate Shio Ramen Shinano, 20-10 Wakamatsucho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 040-0063, Japan- Shio ramen — A very light-tasting salt ramen, with a clean and smooth broth. It's not as strong in flavor as shoyu ramen, but it's a refreshing change. The star of the show is the nice, fatty cut of pork, which is incredibly succulent and magical – the reason I would order this again.
- Fatty pork in shio ramen — The star of the shio ramen dish, this fatty cut of pork is incredibly succulent and magical. It's so good, I feel like I could write a song about it. This pork is the main reason I would order the shio ramen again.
3Hokkaido Soup Curry RestaurantJapanese curry restaurant · Sapporo4.5 (2,189)Closed · opens tomorrow 11:30 AMJapan, 〒060-0062 Hokkaido, Sapporo, Chuo Ward, Minami 2 Jonishi, 3 Chome−13-4 SOUP CURRY KING, カタオカビルB1- Soup curry — A lighter version of Japanese curry, popular in Hokkaido, especially during winter. Unlike regular Japanese curry, it doesn't use flour, making the taste very light and easy to eat. It typically comes with chicken and root vegetables. I prefer this lighter version to normal curry, which often makes me feel tired afterwards.