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Yakitori (grilled meat and vegetable skewer) in Fukuoka

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Among all those gourmet dishes you can find in Fukuoka, such as tonkotsu ramen, mizutaki and motsunabe, yakitori is especially a great recommendation.
Yakitori in Fukuoka comes in an amazing variety of ingredients. “Tori” originally means chicken, but pork, beef, vegetables and even seafood all make “yakitori.”

Pork back ribs are the most popular item. Tomato, cheese, quail egg, enoki mushroom and all kinds of other ingredients are enjoyed with bacon. There are also innards items such as beef and pork offals, green pepper, onion, ginkgo nut, corn and other vegetables, and seafood including shrimp, squid and scallop. Besides all these you can of course enjoy grilled chicken items such as torikawa (chicken skin), chicken breast fillet and tsukune (chicken mince ball).

Yakitori skewers are served one after another onto a plate full of fresh cabbage.

Yakitoris go really well with cabbage dipped in the original sauce of each restaurant.
Cabbage refill is free!*
* Except some restaurants

Many yakitori restaurants offer not only yakitori but also sashimi, and a variety of other a-la-care dishes of seasonal ingredients. Many restaurants also have a good collection of shochu and other alcohol drinks.

Let’s enjoy great yakitori in Fukuoka!

*Photos provided by*
Yakitori Takamiya (Yakuin branch)