Kagoshima ramen
{{Short description|Japanese noodle dish}}
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| type =Noodle soup
| country = Japan
| region =Kagoshima
| main_ingredient = ramen, pork broth, chicken stock, vegetables, dried sardines, kelp, dried mushrooms
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{{Nihongo|Kagoshima ramen|鹿児島ラーメン}} is a ramen dish which is offered in Kagoshima Prefecture, in southern Japan.{{Cite web |title=鹿児島ご当地ラーメン＆そうめん大集合！ |url=https://www.kagoshima-kankou.com/gourmet/noodles/top |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=【公式】鹿児島県観光/旅行サイト かごしまへの旅 |language=ja}}
Main ingredients
Its soup is mainly based on tonkotsu (pork bone broth).{{Cite web |title=濃厚で甘めのスープにレンゲが止まらない！気がつけば飲み干してしまうぽってりした豚骨ラーメンをご紹介（着物ラーメン女子・あき） - エキスパート |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/a0e3778429f56ae5dd5c311c943c4d5714b98d9c |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Yahoo!ニュース |language=ja}} It is a little cloudy, and chicken stock, vegetables, dried sardines, kelp and dried mushrooms are added. Kagoshima Ramen is the only ramen which is not influenced by Kurume ramen for geographical and historical reasons.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} The size of the noodle is a bit thicker than normal. Compared with other local varieties of ramen, the size of the noodle and the taste of the soup are very different; each shop has separate recipes. It is served with pickled daikon (senmai-zuke).{{Cite web |title=Ramen 101 {{!}} Eat Ramen in Japan {{!}} Travel Japan {{!}} JNTO |url=https://www.japan.travel/en/sg/story/ramen/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) |language=en-sg}}
There are a lot of shops which have had miso ramen on the menu for a long time in Kagoshima. However, its taste is different from {{ill|Sapporo ramen|ja|札幌ラーメン}}. It is called Kagoshima-style miso ramen. Kyushu ramen usually incorporates pale tonkotsu soup, although not exclusively. Some Kagoshima ramen use brown soup. Generally, Kagoshima ramen focuses on the harmony of every stock which makes the soup milder. The original shop for Kagoshima ramen, Noboruya, was opened in 1947. It is not nationally known, but popular locally.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Commonscat-inline|Kagoshima ramen}}
- [https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/6055014/ Kagoshima ramen] from NHK World-Japan
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