Regional food and famous sweets of Miyazaki

Aoshima Senbei by Nisshindo sandwiches white cream or nut cream between thin round wafers containing rice flour. Crisp, delicate shells and lightly...

Miyazaki charcoal-grilled chicken seasons bite-size meat simply and tosses it over intense charcoal heat. Fat dripping onto the coals produces flame...

Cheese manju is a Miyazaki-born baked sweet with cheese enclosed in cookie- or cake-like dough. Despite the name, it is not the usual steamed...

Chicken nanban is a Miyazaki dish of battered fried chicken dipped in sweet vinegar. The now-famous version adds egg-rich tartar sauce, but an...

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Miyazaki lettuce maki rolls vinegared rice, a broad lettuce leaf, cooked shrimp and a house mayonnaise sauce in nori.

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Obi-ten is a fried fish-paste specialty of Obi in Nichinan, Miyazaki, blending local fish with drained tofu, miso, soy sauce and brown sugar.