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What $20 Buys You at a Japanese STREET FOOD Market
What $20 Buys You at a Japanese STREET FOOD Market
Explore the bustling Yuriage Morning Market outside Sendai on a $20 budget, trying local favorites like boiled gyoza, choco banana, fried chicken, and fresh seafood you can grill yourself.
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1Yuriage Morning MarketMarket · Natori3.8 (74)Closed · opens tomorrow 6 AMYuriage Harbor Morning Market, 3-chome-５-1 Yuriagehigashi, Natori, Miyagi 981-1204, Japan- Boiled gyoza with kimchi · ¥500 — Ryotaro's favorite and the most popular stand in the market. These boiled gyoza are filled with juicy pork and shrimp, and you can top them with as much free kimchi as you can carry. The juice from the pork and shrimp is incredible. It costs 500 yen.
- Choco banana · ¥250 — A banana dipped in chocolate and covered in sprinkles. It's a sweet and rich treat, costing 250 yen. The creator initially rated it 9/10, calling it the perfect start to the day, but later revised the score to 6/10.
- Fried chicken (Karaage) — This stand offers various flavors like burdock, Korean spicy, salt, miso, and garlic seaweed. The garlic seaweed flavor is very flavorful and juicy, though the batter isn't super crispy due to the marinade. The creator rated it 8/10.
- Tuna gill · ¥500 — A somewhat 'grizzly' tuna gill that Ryotaro chose to grill. It costs 500 yen.
- Barbecue set · ¥1000 — A ready-made selection of fish and meat, including scallops, sausages, and shrimp, perfect for grilling at the market's free barbecue stations. It costs 1000 yen.
- Kyushu and Okinawa-inspired dish assortment · ¥1000+ — An absolute bargain, offering three different bowls for just over 1000 yen. The assortment includes Okinawan soup noodles with spare pork (bonito-based clear soup), a beef bowl with onions in a sweet soy sauce, and beef intestine. The Okinawan soup noodle and beef bowl were highly praised, with the beef bowl receiving a 9/10.
- Strawberry milk · ¥700 — An expensive but worthwhile drink, costing 700 yen. It's made from luxurious strawberries from the nearby Ichigo World, a strawberry farm that recovered from the 2011 tsunami to produce some of Japan's most prized strawberries.
2Ichigo WorldOrchard · Yamamoto4.2Open · until 3:30 PMIchigo World, 字桜堤-47 Yamadera, Yamamoto, Watari District, Miyagi 989-2201, Japan