2009年7月12日日曜日

5 features of Hakata ramen.


Do you like Chinese noodle? I like Chinese noodle, especially I love Hakata ramen. I often go to Fukuoka to eat Hakata ramen and do a little shopping. I usually go to Hakata Ippudo Honten in Daimyo. Why Hakata ramen has the best taste? I figure out these yumminess!

1. Soup
Hakata ramen soup taste non-fatty. It looks a little strong and you might think it has a strong flavor, but surprising fact is simple taste. And it makes a difference in the soup at another restaurant. The soup based on pig cranial bone, and it boiled thoroughly for hours and hours. Finally, add soy sauce and another all kinds of sauce to the mixture. Visitors can enjoy them at original soup. Because, thickened soup, taste and thickness are infinite in variety in each place.

2. Noodles
Hakata ramen noodles are very thin and straight. When ready to order, we have a choice hardness at own choice. Hakata people hang up a noodle’s hardness. Common practice is order desired hardness when they order. For example, they called ‘katamen (hard)’, ‘futsuu (normal)’, ‘yawamen (soft)’, ‘barikata (very hard)’, and ‘harigane (hard more barikata)’. Like this we have 5 choices.

3. Kaedama
Kaedama means make an additional order for only noodles. This system is making oneself add boiled noodles on the plate in the soup. Hakata ramen noodles are thin and get soft in a bit, so it can be said that people order kaedama instead of serving larger than usual. When order kaedama, we must leave soup on plate, and if you feel short on the taste, we can self-adjustable using sauce on the table. You can order kaedama as many times as you want!

4. Topping
Topping basically consist of ‘char siu’ (Chinese-style barbecued pork) and finely-chopped raw welsh onion. Dressed char siu deliberately and heaped welsh onion bring out the flavor of the other. Combination of toppings are vary from restaurant to restaurant. Because, some restaurant’s topping including egg, cloud ear and bean sprout and so on.

5. Yakumi
Hakata ramen has some spice, also there are many kinds of spices. Normally, a variety of yakumi is exhibited on the counter in a restaurant. For example, sesame, pickled ginger, heaped welsh onion, grated garlic and red chili chopped greens. Sesame is can be crush in a mortar by oneself. If you add sesame to ramen soup, the taste will be full of flavor. Moreover, pickled ginger is excellent with a pork bone broth. This way, we have a wide choice of yakumi .

Hakata ramen has many features. You can be customized to individual preference flavors to add different kinds of yakumi! Finally, I recommend “Ramen Taxi”. The system is you can go from shop to shop by taxi. If you go to Fukuoka, please eat Hakata ramen and take a Ramen taxi!!


2 件のコメント:

  1. Hakata ramen sounds nice! Actually I haven't had ramen for long time.. One of the reason why is ramen looks oily, but Hakata ramen would be good then.

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  2. It does look good! I like the idea that it is not oily. Some of the best ramen I have ever eaten was in Hokkaido, and it was really great. Does Hakata ramen have a better reputation than Hokkaido ramen?

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