Regional food and famous sweets of Miyazaki
A warm climate, productive farms, coastal fisheries, and celebrated chicken and beef underpin a bold local cuisine.
Miyazaki is part of the Kyushu & Okinawa region. This page lists the guides currently available in English.
8 guides in English
- Chicken NanbanMiyazaki
Chicken nanban is a Miyazaki dish of battered fried chicken soaked or dressed in sweet vinegar. Many versions add a generous egg-rich tartar sauce...
- Miyazaki Aoshima SenbeiMiyazaki
Aoshima Senbei sandwiches vanilla or nut-flavored cream between thin, crisp wafers stamped with southern Miyazaki motifs.
- Miyazaki Cheese ManjuMiyazaki
Cheese manju encloses a mildly salty cream-cheese filling in a sweet cookie-like dough and bakes it into a small round confection with a...
- Miyazaki HiyajiruMiyazaki
Hiyajiru grinds grilled horse mackerel, flying fish or barracuda with toasted miso and sesame, loosens the paste with cold niboshi or kombu dashi, and...
- Miyazaki Jidori SumibiyakiMiyazaki
Chicken thigh pieces are seasoned simply and tossed over very hot charcoal, charring the surface almost black while smoke perfumes the juicy...
- Miyazaki Lettuce MakiMiyazaki
Lettuce maki rolls vinegared rice, nori, cooked shrimp, large crisp lettuce leaves and mayonnaise into a thick sushi roll whose cool crunch balances...
- Nichinan Gyodon Fish UdonMiyazaki
Gyodon kneads minced flying fish with wheat flour into pale, fish-rich noodles and serves them in broth drawn from the fish bones, giving both strand...
- Obi-tenMiyazaki
Obi-ten grinds local sardine, horse mackerel, flying fish or other fish, often including edible skin and small bones, blends the paste with tofu...