Sasebo Burger
- Hamburger Heaven in Sasebo -
Sasebo is a part city in Nagasaki Pref that is home to a US naval base. Around 1950, local people were taught how to make American hamburgers, and then adapted the recipe to produce their own variations, using ingredients that were available locally.
This was how the distinctive Sasebo style burgers were created. One feature is that the burgers should always be made to order, not prepared ahead of time.
Chiken Nanban
- Deep fried chicken delight -
This dish of batter fried chicken was developed by a restaurant in Nobeoka city, Miyazaki Pref. The idea of garnishing it with tartar sauce was added later by a restaurant in Miyazaki city, Miyazaki Pref.
The recipe calls for chicken meat to be dipped in a batter of wheat flour and eggs and deep fried until it is crispy. Then it is marinated in a sweet and sour sauce, and seasoned with the tartar sauce.
Keihan
- Morsels, shreds, and slices with Chicken rice-
To a piping hot bowl of rice in a bowl are added morsels of chicken breast meat, shreds of omelet, and slices of savory sweet shiitake.
Finely chopped pickled papaya and the dried peel of shima mikan are sprinkled on top. Pour in plenty of hot chicken broth and enjoy like chazuke style.
Hiyajiru
- Cool home-made goodness -
A traditional dish prepared in homes in Miyazaki. Small fish are grilled, crushed in a mortar and blended with a mix of ground sesame seeds and miso.
The resulting paste is smeared over the surface of a large soup bowl, then held over a flame until it is lightly browned.
The paste is mixed with cold cooking stock, together with slices of cucumber and chopped green shiso herb, and finally the chilled ladled over cooked rice mixed with barley.
Chikuzen-Ni
- Mixed vegetables with chicken -
Chikuzen is the old name of Fukuoka. This dish features morsels of chicken, root vegetables, and konnyaku jelly simmered in a broth seasoned with soy sauce, sugar, and mirin.
Healthy and nourishing, chikuzen-ni was originally served on ceremonial occasions but is now part of the daily diet.
Mizutaki
- Savory Chicken Soup -
Fukuoka is one of the best-known specialities in Japan. In Fukuoka, Mizutaki is one of famous specialities.
Chicken including skin and bones is coarsely chopped, placed in cold water, and slowly brought to a boil. This is eaten with a ponzu dip, a zesty mix of soy sauce with citron juice.
When the ingredients have been eaten, the leftover soup is cooked up with rice to make porridge, or poured over rice, called Zosui.
Karashi Mentaiko
- spicy alaska pollack roe -
Introduced from the Korean Peninsula, this is a specialty of Hakata. The roe of the Alaska pollack is salted and marinated in a liquor spiced with red chili pepper and other seasonings.
Mentaiko is eaten in many ways such as in ochazuke(rice drenched in green tea), as a filling in rice balls, or seasoning for spaghetti.
