Hakata ramen
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Hakata ramen suits anyone arriving in Fukuoka hungry, a fast bowl of cloudy pork-bone soup and thin noodles, and it is pork through and through.
Where to eat Hakata ramen · 1 place
Fukuoka's city tourism office calls Hakata ramen the summit of the city's food: a rich, milky soup of pork bones with thin, springy noodles. You choose how firm the noodles come, and the firmest setting, harigane, means wire.
The kaedama is the habit that sets it apart. Leave soup in the bowl, ask for more noodles, and a fresh portion lands in what you have left. The city's yatai, the open-air food stalls that set up at night, serve it too, and most close in bad weather.
Quick answers about Hakata ramenよくある質問
What is kaedama?
Kaedama is a second serving of noodles ordered into the soup left in your bowl of Hakata ramen, a habit Fukuoka's tourism office singles out as the city's own.
How do you order Hakata ramen?
Say how firm you want the thin noodles: yawa for soft, kata for firm, barikata for very firm and harigane for barely cooked. Keep some soup back, and when the noodles run out order a kaedama, a second serving of noodles dropped into the same bowl.
When is Hakata ramen in season?
Hakata ramen: All year.
Where can you eat Hakata ramen in Japan?
Places we list for Hakata ramen include Hakata Ramen Shin-Shin, Hakata Deitos.