{"id":1962,"date":"2008-10-26T19:33:23","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T10:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2008-10-27T10:46:22","modified_gmt":"2008-10-27T01:46:22","slug":"tangent-excellent-ramen-at-sakurajima-sapporo-nishi-ku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=1962","title":{"rendered":"Tangent: Excellent Ramen at Sakurajima, Sapporo Nishi-ku"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. \u00a0I don’t think I’ve ever done this before, but it’s a Sunday, I’m on the road, and stats show that this is the day when Debito.org blog gets the least hits (Monday is generally the most). \u00a0So let me indulge myself with an entry today about food (hey, food discussion sites are Legion in Japan, anyway).<\/p>\n

Quite frankly, I’m not that much a foodie. \u00a0I know what I like and I generally eat that, especially since (I’m not much of a cook) if it’s just put in front of me, it’s fair game. \u00a0I take my time appreciating it, especially if it’s expensive (and if a restaurant is dedicated to slow food). \u00a0But I’m a person who indulges in habitual meals and comfort food (meaning lots of meat and potatoes; probably not a sustainable diet). \u00a0Because of the monotony, I know certain things well (such as apples — only eat Fuji, maybe mutsu or tsugaru in a pinch — also know my spuds, soup, yakitori…), the rest, well, I’ll enjoy it but not write home about it.<\/p>\n

But I had some ramen the other day that is worth writing home, or, rather, my blog, about. \u00a0I know this is all the way up in Sapporo, but it’s really worth your time if you appreciate ramen enough to go out of your way for it. \u00a0People do — lines are prevalent at this joint, and when I went past and say empty seats for a change, I had a late lunch (yes, they have parking). \u00a0It was incredible.<\/p>\n

Here’s what their main item, “Sakurajima Ramen”, looks like:<\/p>\n

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Yes, that’s chashuu at eight o’clock (more if you order Chashuu Sakurajima, not available that day), another piece of grilled pork at four o’clock, and TWO pieces of charbroiled buta no kakuni at two o’clock, with pickles and hanjuku tamago. \u00a0The broth is not overbearing, either. \u00a0Everything is carefully cooked and put in. \u00a0My only gripe: \u00a0the noodles are thin (I’m a thick noodle guy), so it’s standard passable noodle fare.<\/p>\n

I also ordered gyouza, and here’s how it came out:<\/p>\n

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It’s PURPLE with the contents, and includes the burnt-bit excess crispy excess film (at left, on and off plate). \u00a0Full of spice, gorgeous.<\/p>\n

All that together was only 1150 yen. \u00a0I spent at least 30 minutes eating it all slowly. \u00a0The restaurateurs seemed appreciative.<\/p>\n

The storefront:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.sapporo-town.com\/review\/sp047345<\/a><\/p>\n

Ramen gourmets, let us know your favorite local ramen shops (names, addresses, weblinks) in the Comments Section below, if you like! \u00a0Arudou Debito in Tokyo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Complete tangent on a Sunday: An amazing ramen place I found in Sapporo. Feel free to contribute your favorite ramen places (hey, this is Japan — we have to talk about food sometime!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-tangents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}