OUR BIGGEST RACE YET! A Gourmet Race Around Japan

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Haven’t heard that song in aaaaages but it’s still a banger.

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YES! We got our ticket to Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture!

Miyagi Prefecture

Ox Tongue 牛タン

This wonderfully tasty meat has many speciality shops, particularly in Sendai. It can be eaten in yakiniku restaurants as well as set menu restaurants. It is especially tasty when barbecued over charcoal, as that lovely charcoal taste comes out, and it must (not should!) be eaten with lemon juice and a little salt. My friend who owns a yakiniku restaurant will literally tell me off if I try to eat this with ordinary yakiniku sauce. When I get back home from Sendai, everyone’s first instinct is to ask me if I ate ox tongue, so this really is an absolute must!


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Zunda Mochi ずんだ餅

This delicious sweet-savoury snack is a mochi rice cake with edamame topping. First, the edamame are boiled before being taken out of their pods and mashed with salt, sugar and water. The result is this refreshing snack that is famous in Miyagi Prefecture in the summer.
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Sendai Ramen 仙台ラーメン

One of the many very famous ramens in Japan, Sendai ramen is famous for using spicy miso soup as its base. There are many different restaurants, and the spice varies depending upon the restaurant. Cup noodles are also sold, which are actually spicier than the ones that can be bought in most restaurants. It is generally, but not exclusively, eaten with flavoured egg (味付け玉子) and a kind of fermented bamboo shoot (メンマ), which Japanese people seem to love, but I really hate!


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