Regional cuisine of Fukui region

Fukui
Powdered seaweed

Powdered seaweed

“Peach seaweed” is a natural natural food made by drying the best natural seaweed from the sea near Tojinbo in Fukui prefecture, dried in the sun and loosene...

Fukui
Kumagawa waste

Kumagawa waste

As for Kumagawa kuzu, kudzu from Kumagawa has become so popular that the Confucian scholar Rai Sanyo from the Edo period commented in a letter that “Kumagawa...

Fukui
Koshi no Ruby

Koshi no Ruby

“Koshi no Ruby” is the brand name for midi tomatoes produced in Fukui prefecture. The variety “Koshi no Ruby,” which is the source of this brand name, was c...

Fukui
Oblong kelp

Oblong kelp

The difference between “oboro kombu” and “tororo kombu,” which is thinly processed kombu, is the difference in how to shave it. For grated kelp, many pieces...

Fukui
Punch beans

Punch beans

In the past, in Fukui, it was difficult to obtain rich eating habits under snowy weather conditions, so there were many ways to make good use of harvested in...

Fukui
Ton-chan
Fukui Meat dish

Ton-chan

When talking about Ono city located in the eastern part of Fukui prefecture, “hormones” cannot be missed. There are over 30 stores that sell hormon-yaki in ...

Fukui
Fukui plum

Fukui plum

Fukui plum cultivation has a long history, and it is said that it originated in Wakasa Town (formerly Mikata Town Irazumi) during the Tenpo era (1830-1844) i...

Fukui
Five-colored shellfish
Fukui Seafood

Five-colored shellfish

It is a “cypress scallop (cypress scallop)” with vivid colors such as yellow, orange, purple, brown, and red. The name comes from the fact that it resembles...

Fukui
Wakasa beef
Fukui Meat dish

Wakasa beef

It is the highest grade wagyu certified according to strict standards from Japanese black varieties that farmers have painstakingly raised with deep love und...

Fukui
Wakasa Garei
Fukui Seafood

Wakasa Garei

Dried willow sparrows caught in Wakasa Bay are called “Wakasa flounder.” Warm and cold currents intersect off the coast of Wakasa Bay, and abundant food flo...

Fukui
Volga rice
Fukui Don dish

Volga rice

Volga Rice is a local gourmet that is sold in Echizen City (formerly Takefu City) in Fukui Prefecture. It is a Western dish topped with an omurice topped wit...

Fukui
Fukui sauce katsudon
Fukui Don dish

Fukui sauce katsudon

In general, when it comes to katsudon, everyone imagines a deep-fried cutlet wrapped with an egg. However, in Fukui, katsudon is a sauce katsudon that is eat...