Regional food and famous sweets of Kumamoto
Robust inland and mountain cooking, sweet potatoes, local vegetables, and practical home-style snacks.
Kumamoto is part of the Kyushu & Okinawa region. This page lists the guides currently available in English.
12 guides in English
- Aso Akado-zukeKumamoto
Akado-zuke salt-cures the thick red stalks of a local satoimo taro, sometimes with vinegar, until lactic fermentation softens them and revives a vivid...
- Aso Takana MeshiKumamoto
Takana meshi finely chops and stir-fries salty, lightly spicy pickled takana greens, then tosses them with rice, scrambled egg, soy sauce and sesame...
- Ikinari DangoKumamoto
Ikinari dango is a Kumamoto steamed sweet that wraps a thick slice of sweet potato and red bean paste in a simple wheat-flour dough. The result...
- Kumamoto BasashiKumamoto
Basashi is thinly sliced raw horse meat and one of Kumamoto's best-known regional foods. Cuts range from clean, lean red meat to marbled sections...
- Kumamoto Chosen AmeKumamoto
Chosen ame kneads glutinous rice, starch syrup and sugar into translucent white, softly chewy rectangular pieces dusted to prevent sticking.
- Kumamoto Hitomoji GuruguruKumamoto
Hitomoji guruguru lightly blanches wakegi scallions, folds each stalk several times and winds its green tip around the bundle into a neat bite served...
- Kumamoto Karashi RenkonKumamoto
Karashi renkon fills the natural holes of boiled and dried lotus root with pungent mustard miso, coats the cylinder in a yellow batter and fries it...
- Kumamoto Miso-Pickled TofuKumamoto
Very firm cotton tofu is thoroughly drained, wrapped and buried in salty miso or moromi for days to months, becoming dense, creamy and cheese-like...
- Kumamoto Myoga ManjuKumamoto
Myoga manju encloses smooth red-bean paste in a soft dough of shiratamako and wheat flour, wraps the dumpling in an aromatic Japanese ginger leaf and...
- Kumamoto RamenKumamoto
Kumamoto ramen pairs a comparatively mellow pork-bone broth, often blended with chicken stock, with medium straight noodles, pork chashu, kikurage...
- Kumamoto TaipienKumamoto
Taipien is a Kumamoto Chinese-style soup filled with glass noodles, seafood, pork, vegetables and often a deep-fried egg.
- Nankan-ageKumamoto
Nankan-age is a light, low-moisture fried tofu made around Nankan in northern Kumamoto that expands as it absorbs broth.