JAPAN CULINARY ADVENTURES: NAGOYA

Note: All the Culinary Adventures posts on this blog are merely reports, not reviews. These adventures serve as "research" or "areas of learning" for the author (which is me, duh).

Now people have been asking why my family and I decided to pick Nagoya as our next destination. Well, the answer is pretty simple: my dad loves cars and would like to visit the Toyota Automobile Museum, and since he's financially responsible for the trip, we can't say no (peace, dad). However, the trip to Nagoya turned out to be more pleasant than what I pictured. Nagoya turned out to be a heavily metropolitan city of skyscrapers and lights and wide roads.

Oh, and CHICKEN WINGS (which are local culinary trademarks of Nagoya).

 Above are pictures of the miso-covered chicken wings. They tasted kinda sweet, but still crispy, nonetheless.

These ones are covered in salt and pepper. Damn, you can really feel the pepper up in your throat! 

Personally, I like these ones better than the miso-covered ones.

 You might be wondering what these blobs of brown are. They're actually pork meat skewered to form a satay, which were coated in crispy crumbs and then covered by miso after frying. They're delish!

The picture explains it all - salmon sashimi salad dressed in authentic wafu dressing. OMG the ingredients were so fresh I CAN'T EVEN.

This was the place that I had the chicken wings. Yamachan is in fact the pioneer of Nagoya chicken wings!

Below are pictures of foods that I tried at the Nagoya train station. 

Warning: Ramen porn ahead.

Shio (salt-based) soup, succulent pork slices, mushroom, seaweed, menma (bamboo shoot), green onions and al dente noodles? YAS.

 Shoyu (soy sauce) soup base, green onions, fish cake, pork slice, seaweed, menma (bamboo shoot), al dente noodles and hard-boiled egg? DOUBLE YAS.

Miso (sweet fermented paste) soup base, fishcake, green onions, pork slices, al dente noodles, extra drizzle of miso paste? TRIPLE YAS.

THE SUPERSTAR (MY PERSONAL FAVE) - Tonkotsu (pork bone-based) soup, al dente noodles, green onions, seaweed, pork slices, hard-boiled egg? QUADRUPLE YAS.

These are sushi rice topped with ebi tempura. Match made from heaven.

Yes, another picture of the miso-covered pork satays, because they are amazing.

I decided to add this picture to the post. Above is the matcha lava cake I had at Toyota Automobile Museum's cafe, which tasted sooooo good! Just the right amount of sweet. 

MATCHA AND RILAKKUMA FTW!

Nagoya isn't bad at all - in fact, foodies should and take a taste on the local dishes! I swear, the chicken wings are superb and worth a try! If you plan on visiting Japan, remember to stop by and have a bite!

See you guys on my next Culinary Adventures post! There's so much more to come :)