Here’s more food from around Hokkaido. I just put all of my smartphone food photos from our month in Hokkaido into one single folder. It came out to 141 photos and 1.4 GB worth of foodiness. Here’s a smattering in this second installment of Eating my way around Hokkaido.
Whenever I say that I went to Japan for a month, one of the first things people ask me is this:
“Isn’t it expensive in Japan?”
Well, yes and no. Some things in Japan are expensive. Transportation in Japan can cost a pretty penny depending where and how one travels. Food can also be expensive if we picked the really nice places to dine. Also, meals probably cost more in Japan in comparison to many other Asian countries. However, coming from Canada, the prices of meals are reasonable and slightly cheaper for some things.
Food was a big part of our trip to Hokkaido. Most of the time we were in Sapporo. So I will take you through some of the different meals that we partook over our month there. I hope to share the ordinary to the not-so-ordinary of dining in Hokkaido.
On our second Monday in Sapporo, we were back in classes. My language class had gone from 2 to 3 students. Yeah! And there was yet another cultural activity that afternoon. We were going to be making soba. Soba is a type of Japanese thin noodle made from buckwheat. Buckwheat is primarily harvested in Hokkaido. So there’s no fresher soba than in Hokkaido.
However, first things first. We were hungry. So after class and before the cultural activity, we had to grab lunch on our own. A few of us from the school were pretty hungry and had a hankering for ramen, the other very famous Japanese noodle (although if you ask the Japanese, ramen is a Chinese noodle).
Continue reading “Noodle Monday – Ramen Lunch and Soba Making”
So where does one go for beer, ramen, and desserts? 🙂 Continue reading Where to now?
I didn’t expect to find some good food along Dundas Street. When I lived in Toronto 10 years ago, I don’t recall coming down to this part of Dundas for food. However, there are definitely a couple of gems along this stretch of Dundas between Chinatown and University Avenue.
Noodles Galore (Ramen/Soba/Udon) Apart from all the fast food options in Japan, there’s plenty of authentic local fare to sample. Noodles are a staple of many restaurants in Japan. There’s usually more noodles than you can shake a stick at. And there not very expensive at less than ¥1000 in most cases. Ramen is the “pulled noodles” that are long and flat with a medium … Continue reading Cheap Eats in Japan
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