Fukushima prefecture

[torakris]

Do you have any favorite dishes from Fukushima?

check out the meibutsu thread to find out what Fukushima has to offer:

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showto...=0entry700779

[torakris]

Fukushima is the farthest north I have been in Japan and it is the only prefecture outside of Tokyo where my husband has relatives yet I can't name one dish from this area.....

anyone?

[Evan]

Kitakata Ramen from Kitakata Shi

Apparently, the water in the region is quite good which allows for good wheat, soy sauce and sake which is then used in the "kitakata ramen"

mmm mmm good

I miss the Japanese ramen. There are ramen shops where I live but its just not the same as the ones I had as a kid.

[torakris]

I have never heard of Kitakata ramen before (though I also admit to not being much of a ramen eater) I wonder how popular it is outside of the area?

[Evan]

Yes, according to the website, Kitakata is one of the three famed ramen in Japan. Sapporo, Hakata, and Kitakata ramen.

Sapporo ramen is typically the miso flavored ramen.

Hakata ramen uses tonkotsu (pork bone) ramen

Kitakata is the shoyu (soy sauce) ramen

http://www.f-onsen.com/kanko/kitakata/ramen.html

[torakris]

guess I need to pay more attention....

The last time I was in a ramen shop my oldest wasn't even 1 yet, she is 9 now....

[torakris]

The kids left the tv on this morning when they left for school and I found myself watching one of those morning shows. Today they had two "talents" traveling to the town of Oochijuku in Fukushima prefecture and I was intrigued by a soba they were eating. The soba called Takato soba is a specialty (meibutsu) of the town. While it doesn't look too much different from regular soba topped with grated daikon and katsuo bushi, it is eaten with a negi (Japanese scallion) instead of chopsticks.