{Japan} Good Eats in Sapporo, Part 2!

After we wrote our first Good Eats in Sapporo blog post, our friend, Ludwig suggested we visit the Ramen Alley aka ラーメン横丁 (Ra-men Yo-ko-cho). When we searched online for reviews, they were largely mixed. We figured out why though… in that tiny alley, there are at least a dozen ramen stores. Depending on which ramen store you go to, your experience may vary!

“We ordered a local favorite – Hotate Ramen (Scallop Butter Corn Ramen). It was delicious! We’ve been eating mostly pork based ramen that this was a refreshing new flavor to us! It’s miso based and instead of pork, we get 4 large scallops and corn!”

So we decided to do what we’ve learnt so far on our trip to Japan – Always go for the one that has the longest line. The one we picked was packed but by the time we sat down, everyone left, so it was a little quiet when it was our turn to sit down and eat. We found out that the store had a “Best Ramen 2009” award, so we felt we made a good choice and we weren’t disappointed!

We ordered a local favorite – Hotate Ramen (Scallop Butter Corn Ramen). It was delicious! We’ve been eating mostly pork based ramen that this was a refreshing new flavor to us! It’s miso based and instead of pork, we get 4 large scallops and corn! We added garlic to the soup and that just took the flavor up a notch! Words fail to describe how rich that made the soup! Should you give Hotate Ramen a try, don’t forget to always ask for “nin-ni-ku” (garlic!).

Our bill came to 1,300yen (we shared a bowl so we can go try something else later for Round 2 of dinner!). Ramen Yokocho is only about a couple minutes walk from Susukino Station (Nanbaku Subway Line).

• Address: South 5 West 3, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
• Access:
• 3-min. walk from Susukino Subway Sta. (Namboku Line).
• 5-min. walk from Hosui Susukino Subway Sta. (Toho Line).

• Hours: 11:00am -3:00am(hours and closed days varies by shop)

Enough said… here are pictures:

ITADAKIMASU!