so in our hunt for the best tonkotsu ramen in Fukuoka we've had 7-eleven
ramen we've had ramen from ichiran, we've had ramen from Hakata ramen Zen today I'm
gonna take you somewhere a little bit different we're going to a more
specialized ramen shop I know here they're going to produce really good
quality Char sui now I get confused because in
Chinese we say char sui I think they say char char siew here look at this
fantastic little car I absolutely love this this is like a little Volkswagen
Kombi it's not a combi clearly anyway let's hit the road we're going to have
some beautiful Hakata ramen with wonderful tonkatsu in a restaurant are
you ready come on let's go teriyaki chicken kawar me marinara shall i do this
in another vlog? if I get enough comments I'll come back and actually film in here
there's a chocolate like a chocolate pizza in there oh we've got to come back
haven't we. go on comment somebody comment let me know hit that thumbs up should we
come back and just next to the the pizza place
the guys handed me this Indian restaurant leaflet the food looks good
shall we do Indian? pizza? I don't know if I've got enough time
100% I really want to come back if we've got time I want to come back the guy in
here is lovely and have Indian it's Nepalese they're Nepalese but they're
making Indian food gotta come and check this out. I think thats what I love about Japan is
the eating places I mean up and down these roads just going out for a walk to
go to the ramen shop I'm planning to go to I've seen hundreds and hundreds of
places that I'd love to eat in do Japanese people eat out more than any
other nation in the world? I'm not sure. this is what we're looking for proper
not that the others weren't proper but really good tonkotsu ramen and today I'm gonna
go with the ramen I'm gonna have the extra char sui with it and another thing in
this place they do really good gyoza which are like a fried dumpling you'll
see in a minute and you can also order a set with a drink so you can get a beer
in here let's go for it see he's just put all the pigs trotters
in there he's making a big pot of tonkatsu this extra char sui
but with beer and gyoza oh the set this one okay with with this
noodle set plus thank you so what you do here you put your money in first you
choose either the dish you want so this is the tonkotsu ramen with the extra
char sui on it this is the standard so 600 very good value this is the set so
this one's going to come with some gyoza a beer and then you add here 200 that's
going to get you this extra extra pork you understand
I think we do put a thousand in okay so I'm going with the set ticket comes out
here I need to put another thousand in because we're going with the the extra
so come down here ah which one excuse me that one topping yeah that
one
change ah they've bought me like this frozen chilled Asahi the glass is icy
icy cold cheers me dear
it's a warm day today doesn't get colder or more delicious than asahi in a
frozen glass now let's look at the condiments we've got like a like a chili
oil here we've got some sesame seeds what's in this little pot that looks
like a spicy chili of some sort I'm not sure I'll ask him
Oh and the ginger pickle ginger love the pickled ginger thank you
thank you so we got the mushrooms there's little shredded mushrooms I got
my char siew lovely and grilled some onions on there
thank you the gyozas have come as well look lovely they do the dumplings here sort
of upside down so they've got a lovely crisp topping a little bit of soy sauce
if you haven't been to Japan I think I said this before but you know if you
haven't been to Japan to Fukuoka you have to come just for the tonkotsu you
saw the guy putting all the trotters and all the pork into that huge
great big stockpot over there what you're going to end up with after some time is this
fantastic rich delicious tonkotsu ah man I love the tonkotsu
and before I put anything else now I want two oh a little fried rice
guys got some fried rice I want to get in and try this beautiful
char sui so it's thicker but they grilled it on a little grill here so
it's sort of smoky
so different to any of the other char sui I've had melt in the mouth there's
plenty of fat here so the flavors are rich and intense I do like a bit of
sesame with mine so um lots of it I love it love the sesame if you like it and I
do it some crushed garlic here get some garlic and pop it on top of the char sui
and my personal favorite this is the pickled ginger
I'll tell you what I'm not gonna do today I'm not going to put Chili in this
I really think the Tonkotsu is so delicious it doesn't need the heat the
spice the Chili and there's not room there's not room at the moment to mix this
through I'm just gonna I'm gonna enjoy another piece of this delicious
char siew pork with the broth it really makes it
getting messy
wait till I start on the noodles so I got five
slabs of this gorgeous pork I think this is pork belly it's got all the
flavor of pork belly here we go number three a little smokiness from the
grill
I've toyed with the idea in some of the other videos that this is the best that
is the best at the moment this the best Hataka tonkotsu ramen in Fukuoka
got some noodles there here we go
I've got to save one of these bits of pork to last
it's all come together so what I want to show you just pop that aside for a
moment to take a look at these gyoza these are I think they're a pork gyoza
included in the set you're getting five of these amazing fried gyoza you take
these dip them here in this little bit of soy sauce
garlic it's so good that's so good I don't know a lot about
gyozas in Japan I don't know if it's particular to Fukuoka what I do know is it's good
I'm going straight for three of these coz I'm greedy but I'm going to leave a
couple for Michele she's with me today
back to the ramen I haven't even tried the ramen they've done them a little
firm for me which I do like you can ask how you want the ramen cooked in all of
these restaurants and generally well apart from 7-eleven generally they'll
cook them anywhere from very firm to super soft I like them somewhere in
between practicing I'm practicing on my slurping technique
I'm still no good well that's good ramen that is very good ramen covered in
the tonkatsu picking up on some of the garlic the ginger
there's a combination here of slurp and shove what do you think slurp and shove
now the same as all of the ramen stores here in Fukuoka you often end up with
more tonkatsu left over at the end and rather than just drink that probably today
I'm going to order an extra portion of ramen just to sort of soak up the
juices
I'm so used to spaghetti and just sort of like biting it off with spaghetti
you sort of twirl it on a fork and a nice sort of comfortable little ball of
spaghetti pop it in your mouth ramen is a whole new experience a good experience
so I'm gonna mix in now the garlic the ginger in with my tonkatsu changes the
color of the tonkotsu and changes the taste it just gets better
the last piece of my char sui very disappointed to see it go 200 yen
extra for four extra pieces of char siew is it worth it hundred percent it is now if
you're from Japan you want to recommend other ramen to me because Tonkotsu is my
my first experience of ramen here in Japan and I'm loving it but if you want
to recommend other types of ramen tell me a little bit about it why we should
try it we will do at a later date I'm getting to the end of my bowl anyway I'm
gonna order another portion of ramen you pay cash over the counter for this I'll ask
them how much it is and let you know
one more ramen oh how do you say .........kei da ma so you say kei da ma one
how much? 120 you're the boss here you are boss
ah thank you there we go there's my extra noodles
you're the owner so I've got another big portion of ramen
they've dumped in my beautiful tonkatsu
the guys here don't speak a word of English but it doesn't matter you know
food is a universal language hundred 20 yen
double your ramen doubles your enjoyment somebody asked me about drinking my
drink while they ate I rarely do it I usually enjoy this afterwards or before
anyway I'll take a slurp
asahi never tasted so good so again on the firm side
I can't slurp to save my life
what I can do though is enjoy
so there you have it that is my best tonkotsu experience in Japan so far let me
know what you think this is one of many thousands of tonkatsu hataka ramen
stores here in Fukuoka I'll share the address in the comments
but you let me know you know a better place you've been to this place let us know
thank you thank you very much
yeah thank you guys thank you bye bye how was that so good that was so good
I'm so stuffed so there you have it that is my pick of
the Hakata ramen in Fukuoka you know in about a week from now we'll be we'll be
heading off so I've only got maybe a couple of more filming days left so yeah
we try and get some time definitely I think that the pizza what do you think
if we've time we'd do the pizza and possibly that Indian meal as well
subscribe hit the I think the bell buttons been done to death if you haven't hit
that by now well you never going to be good and I'll
see you again for another video on Steve's kitchen very shortly
Take care so I better eat as much as possible Are you I'll go with the berry cuz it's
right next to me