沖縄料理
Okinawa soba, goya champuru, rafute pork belly and awamori: a cuisine unlike the mainland's.
Okinawan food is a separate tradition shaped by the Ryukyu Kingdom, China and the American bases: Okinawa soba (thick wheat noodles in pork broth, not buckwheat), goya champuru (bitter melon stir-fry), rafute (braised pork belly), taco rice and sea grapes, washed down with awamori, the island's rice spirit. Tabelog's ratings are the way to find the family-run shokudo diners away from the Kokusai Dori tourist strip.
Naha's best Okinawa soba shops are in the neighborhoods behind Kokusai Dori and out toward Shuri, serving soki soba and tebichi (pig's trotter) soba for under ¥1,000 in rooms that have not changed in fifty years. For a full Okinawan dinner with awamori and sanshin music, the izakaya on and around Kokusai Dori and in Sakaemachi are the move.
Kokusai Dori · Makishi Market · Sakaemachi · Shuri
Okinawa soba with soki (spare ribs) is the essential order. At an Okinawan izakaya, order champuru, rafute, jimami tofu and a glass of awamori with ice; many have live sanshin music later in the evening. Shokudo diners serve large set meals for under ¥1,000.
Naha's restaurants are used to visitors and most have picture menus; shokudo diners have plastic models outside.
Okinawan restaurants rarely exceed 3.5; a 3.3 to 3.4 shokudo or soba shop is a local favorite, and 3.5+ is the best on the islands.
Okinawa soba with soki (spare ribs) is the essential order. At an Okinawan izakaya, order champuru, rafute, jimami tofu and a glass of awamori with ice; many have live sanshin music later in the evening. Shokudo diners serve large set meals for under ¥1,000.
Lunch: ¥700 to ¥1,200. Dinner: ¥2,500 to ¥5,000 with drinks.
Okinawan restaurants rarely exceed 3.5; a 3.3 to 3.4 shokudo or soba shop is a local favorite, and 3.5+ is the best on the islands.
Walk-in except for popular izakaya with live music on weekends.
Okinawa each have a dedicated page. Okinawa: Naha's best Okinawa soba shops are in the neighborhoods behind Kokusai Dori and out toward Shuri, serving soki soba and tebichi (pig's trotter) soba for under ¥1,000 in rooms that have not changed in fifty years.
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