MISO CURRY MILK RAMEN
Yes, that’s actually a real dish.
Hokkaido is a land originally known for its good seafood but also for cows that produce top quality milk. A few decades ago a family moved to Aomori from Sapporo and brought a special recipe with them, that’s gone on to become Aomori city’s local dish.
And it is one of the stranger sounding dishes I’ve come across in my time in Japan.
When the bowl of yellow ramen was presented before me, my initial thoughts were, “This looks odd, but smells great.” And as I took a sip of the soup, I was delighted to find it was pleasantly spicy, with the sweet flavour of the milk relatively prominent, and nullifying the spiciness of the curry,
I particularly enjoy watching the huge slab of butter perched on the top of the pork and bean sprouts, slowly melt away and dissolve into the soup and go on to deliver a buttery taste amongst the noodles.
The dish works very well and if I lived in Aomori city, it’s certainly the kind of dish I could see myself casually eating every other week.
To drop into Aomori city without trying a bowl would be unthinkable.
Where: Aji no Sapporo Onishi
