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.
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3 guides in English
- 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 TaipienKumamoto
Taipien is a Kumamoto Chinese-style soup filled with glass noodles, seafood, pork, vegetables and often a deep-fried egg.