Miso ramen
A miso broth with a layer of oil on top to keep it from cooling. Often finished with sweetcorn and butter.
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What to eat in Sapporo
Written by hand, not generated. Dishes, markets, timing and prices for Sapporo.
Long cold winters pushed this city towards rich, fatty broths. Miso ramen and grilled mutton both took their present form here, and seafood and dairy from across Hokkaido fill out the table.
What people eat here
Start with the local defaults
Jingisukan (grilled mutton)
Mutton and vegetables grilled on a domed skillet, built so the fat runs down onto the vegetables below.
Soup curry
A thin curry broth with whole vegetables and a chicken leg. You choose the heat level.
Nijo Market
Seafood rice bowls
Sea urchin, salmon roe and crab over rice, served from the market restaurants from early morning.
Dairy desserts
Dairy country is close, so soft serve and cheese confectionery are everywhere.
Where the food is
Markets, streets and harbours
When to go
- Sea urchin is best in summer, June to August; hair crab and snow crab in winter.
- During the February snow festival both lodging and restaurants are extremely crowded.
- Winter days are short and snow slows every journey down.
Worth knowing
- 1Grilled mutton smokes heavily. Most restaurants hand out bags for your coat.
- 2Market restaurants trade in the morning and many close around 14:00.
- 3Winter pavements ice over. Check what your shoes can handle.
- 4Crab prices vary widely by species and cut. Confirm the market price and the weight first.
What it costs · Per person, roughly
Miso ramen runs JPY 900-1,200, grilled mutton JPY 3,000-4,000 per person, and a seafood bowl JPY 2,000-4,000.
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