I felt like eating eel for the midsummer day of the ox, so I ordered Sushi-san's Happiness Set. Lately, Sushi-san has been stepping up their game! They have been introducing various greedy sets and even starting to offer desserts after meals, showing a more proactive approach to their business. I thoroughly enjoyed the eel topped with burdock tempura and shiitake mushrooms. Thank you for the delicious meal.

The taste is always reliably delicious. I love the slightly sweet broth of the meat and burdock udon and the kashiwa rice, so I order almost the same thing every time, haha. My father is a big fan of Sushi-san and always wants to go there when he stays with us. You can choose between thin or regular udon noodles. Another plus is that the food comes quickly after ordering.

At the end of the year, I went to Sisan Udon. Even though it was before 10 PM, more than half of the customers were already inside. The stable soup from Sisan Udon, which can be served hot anytime, was perfect for the last meal of the year. The prices were reasonable, with the meat udon costing 590 yen and a set of 3 inari sushi for takeout costing 390 yen. Thank you for the delicious meal.

This time, I visited Mr. Sushi Udon Nogai store in 3-29-5 Nogai, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka City. It was during the peak lunch time (*_*; The parking lot was almost full... It's definitely a popular spot. What should I order from the menu... The famous Goboten is tempting, but I had a big breakfast, so I decided to go with the Kashiwa Udon. I wanted something light (*_*). I really like the broth (#^^#) and the noodles were smooth and chewy. I didn't stay long, maybe around 20 minutes, but it was a quick and enjoyable visit!! Thank you for the meal.

Regularly craving for it, Sisan Udon's yakisoba udon♪ Sisan Udon, a udon chain originating from Kitakyushu, also known as the "Soul Food of Kitakyushu." There are now quite a few shops in Fukuoka city. Currently, there are 8 stores including Hashimoto, Ito, Wajiro, Morooka, Hakata Chiyo, Handobashi, Noge, and Hara. This time, I visited the Noge store in Sawara-ku, Fukuoka City, and next to it is the well-known udon chain in Fukuoka, "West Udon." Sisan is really going for it (laughs)! The charm of Sisan Udon is that they have a variety of menu items other than udon, so you can use it like a dining hall. The taste and atmosphere have a local rustic and B-class feel, making it very friendly for a chain store. I'm curious about the summer limited menu of conger eel tempura, but I still want to eat yakisoba udon. The local gourmet menu originating from Kitakyushu is "yakisoba udon" and "kashiwa udon." The basic yakisoba udon is 720 yen. What I had this time was the fried chicken yakisoba udon for 860 yen. Served on a hot plate, it comes with a sunny-side-up egg. There are two pieces of fried chicken on top. By sprinkling the special mixture of tenkasu and bonito powder, you can enjoy it. It's soft and delicious. The original yakisoba udon from Moji, Kitakyushu, which was born in the era of food shortages after the war, is made with dried udon noodles, but the soft noodles yakisoba udon is also delicious. You can also add Sisan's free topping "tororo kelp." In the past, there were tororo kelp, chopped pickles, and tenkasu on the table, but now, due to COVID-19 measures, there is a condiment corner set up in one place in the store, where you can go and get them yourself. My colleague had the chicken tempura and egg bowl. There is also a parent and child bowl, but this one is a chicken tempura and egg bowl. Chicken tempura and egg bowl (with miso soup) for 640 yen. It's quite a brown food (laughs). There is plenty of chicken tempura, and the sweet and thick broth is soaked in the rice. I think the fact that it's not too refined is what makes it delicious♪ Full stomach! Thank you for the meal♪ This time, I gave up on having botamochi for dessert. Below is the menu.【Store Name】Sisan Udon Noge Store【Address】3-29-5 Noge, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka【Business Hours】9:00 am to 1:00 am *Please confirm【Regular Holiday】Irregular holidays *Please confirmMenu and more images on the blog♪【Hakata Onna Set.】【Fukuoka】Fried Chicken Yakisoba Udon & Chicken Tempura and Egg Bowl♪@Sisan Udon Noge Store https://hakata.livedoor.biz/archives/2182066.htmlSuper easy-to-understand Youtube video【Hakata's An Channel】【Fukuoka】Fried Chicken Yakisoba Udon & Chicken Tempura and Egg Bowl♪@Sisan Udon Noge Store【Noge, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka City】 https://youtu.be/FIJoqPx2agQ

Yesterday, I ate too much yakiniku so today I decided to have udon instead, haha. It was my first time visiting this restaurant, Sisan Udon! I arrived just before 1 pm and there were already 6 groups waiting ahead of me. It seems to be quite popular. However, the turnover was fast so I only had to wait for about 5 minutes before getting a seat. The restaurant has a spacious interior with counter seats, tables, and tatami seating. Looking at the menu, I was debating on what to order as there were many options. In the end, I decided to go with the most popular items: - Niku Gobo Tempura Udon (700 yen) - Kashiwa Onigiri x 2 (200 yen) After a short wait of about 5 minutes, my udon was served in the tatami area. The thick gobo tempura with 5 pieces was quite substantial. Now, let's dig into the udon! Unlike Hakata udon, this udon has a chewy texture and doesn't break easily. It has a good mouthfeel. The broth, which is said to be saltier compared to other places, didn't taste too salty to me this time. Maybe I was just tired or they changed the broth. Personally, I could taste the fish stock flavor of the soup. The gobo tempura was crispy and had a nice texture, while the meat was well-cooked with a slightly sweet broth that complemented the soup perfectly. The kashiwa onigiri was oily but surprisingly light in flavor, with a rich taste of kashiwa. The rice was well-seasoned and flavorful. It was unusual to see both tenkasu and oboro kombu on the table. I don't usually add them, but they might be irresistible for those who like them. It was a delicious meal at Sisan after a long time! Thank you for the meal!

Fukuoka is known for its ramen, but it also has delicious udon noodles! I visited Suisan Udon for the first time, and I tried their popular No.1 menu item, Niku Gobo Ten. It was surprisingly large in portion! The broth was sweet, but with a good amount of soy sauce saltiness. The tempura was crispy, the burdock root had a nice crunch, and the beef was sweet and savory, all blending well with the udon noodles. I also ordered the Oyako Don, which had a slightly darker color but was not too spicy. The egg and flavorful chicken mixed well with the rice. Delicious!

During the Obon season around 12:30, three cars with a total of nine people stopped by for lunch. The parking lot was so crowded that only three cars could fit, and the restaurant was full inside as well. We put our names on the waiting list, dividing it into groups of four and five. After about 10 minutes, our names were called one by one to enter the restaurant. The group of four was seated at a table near the center of the restaurant, while the group of five was led to a raised seating area at the edge. This raised seating area could accommodate six people, but it was not a traditional sunken kotatsu style; instead, it had wooden flooring. Each of us ordered what we liked. I ordered the eel tempura udon for 790 yen (tax included), my wife next to me ordered the mixed tempura udon for 430 yen (tax included), and my daughter and her husband sitting across from us ordered the cold mixed tempura udon for 500 yen (tax included). The cold mixed tempura udon for 500 yen had great value. The eel tempura udon had tempura of summer vegetables (bell pepper, eggplant, pumpkin) on top of the udon, with eel tempura on top of that. The eel tempura was delicious, freshly fried and hot, but the tempura coating in general was too thick and hard, lacking a crispy texture. I had to peel off some of the coating to eat it. On our way out, we bought the popular botamochi from the restaurant.

Today, for the first time, I cried because of the coronavirus. When I went to Sisan Hara store to take out, the store was about 80% full. Last Saturday, there were no customers, so I decided to go to Sisan confidently, but it was crowded. It was frustrating because, due to my job, I cannot afford to get infected with the coronavirus. My personality doesn't really care about the coronavirus!! If I weren't in this job, I would be out enjoying lunch and izakaya like normal. But now I can't even eat udon. Others are eating udon. I shed tears in my car, realizing that my job provides stable income and employment. I even wish that people who lost their jobs due to the impact of the coronavirus would come to me because we are short-staffed. In the midst of many people facing an uncertain future, not being able to eat udon is not a big deal. I pulled myself together and went to Nogara store. There were few customers. I didn't feel like eating udon, so I got some sushi rolls to go. I don't like sushi rolls, but I like the ones from Sisan. The seasons change quickly, and now eel is available at Sisan. The eel sauce at Sisan is delicious too. I wonder if I can get the eel sauce to go?

資's udon restaurant, which quickly expanded from Kitakyushu, is famous for its oden and ohagi. It is located along the Hayashio Road heading towards Saga, Sanse. The parking lot is fairly spacious. The restaurant has a counter, tables, and a raised tatami area. Although it was already past peak hours, there were still many customers. I had the bukkake udon for 500 yen, along with oden's thick fried tofu and daikon (100 yen, I think...). The bukkake udon didn't quite suit my taste with the sauce and noodles not mixing well, so I think having warm udon here would be better. The oden was soft and flavorful (*´∇｀) delicious! Mustard goes well with it, but yuzu pepper also complements the flavors. You can also get inari sushi and ohagi to go. Thank you for the meal.

Located along the street on the south side of the intersection of Noge and National Route 263 Sawayama Street in Sawara Ward, Fukuoka City, is an udon restaurant called "Sane Udon". The restaurant was founded by Mr. Shozo Onishi in 1976 in Tobata Ward, Kitakyushu City, as a "Sanuki Udon" shop, and has since expanded as a chain primarily in Kitakyushu City. As of July of this year (2019), they have a total of 43 stores in northern Fukuoka Prefecture, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and Saga Prefecture. It can be described as the Kitakyushu version of the udon restaurant "West" in Hakata. While starting as a "Sanuki Udon" shop, they have evolved with unique flavors and menu items tailored to the preferences of the local people in Kitakyushu, offering slightly softer "Hakata-style udon" noodles, as well as the option to change to thin noodle udon called "Saimen" or "Soba". Their specialty menu item is the "Kashiwa Udon" priced at 550 yen, which features sweetly cooked chicken placed on top of the noodles. Side menu items such as "Kashiwa Onigiri (2 pieces for 200 yen)", "Sansai Jumbo Inari (130 yen)", and "Botamochi (130 yen)" are also popular. Previously, all stores were open 24 hours, but since 2016, some stores have ended late-night operations. The Noge store, like other stores, is open from 9:00 am to 1:00 am. Additionally, all stores have a spacious parking lot, except for the "Uomachi store" in Kokura Kita Ward, which does not have a dedicated parking lot. This Noge store is the nearest "Sane Udon" to my living area. About five years ago, during a business trip to Yahata Nishi Ward, I was introduced to the "Sane Udon Jinzan store" by my colleague N, who is from Kitakyushu. He recommended the "Kashiwa Udon" saying, "Kitakyu's udon is great", and I tried it. The deliciousness of the sweetly cooked "Kashiwa" chicken made me genuinely impressed with my first experience of "Sane" and "Kashiwa Udon". Since then, I became aware of having a "Sane Udon" store nearby. Sometimes I think, "I want to eat 'Kashiwa Udon'", and I casually stop by. Recently, I have been using the "Sane Udon Hashimoto store" along the outer ring road more often, so it had been a while since I visited this store. I noticed that the interior of the store had been renovated. It was just before 10:00 am, and I was the first customer of the day. The restaurant has raised seating areas on both sides, with tables in between. I sat at a two-person table by the window. I glanced at the menu with over 100 items, but ended up choosing the "Kashiwa Udon" for 550 yen as usual. I also ordered the "Sansai Jumbo Inari" for 130 yen. The food was served promptly. The "Kashiwa Udon" is topped with "Tenkasu" on the table. The rich broth is made from shiitake mushrooms, kelp, mackerel, sand lance, and bonito, with the added umami of sweetly cooked "Kashiwa" chicken (chicken meat). The "Kashiwa" chicken is finely chopped but has a firm texture. The homemade noodles from Sane have a unique texture, different from "Hakata Yawaraka", known as "Kitakyu Mochiyawa". The "Sane" fish cake with the name "Sane" and green onions are also accents. I slurped and chewed happily, enjoying the delicious meal. It's always delicious no matter how many times I eat it. The "Sansai Jumbo Inari" is not the "Okowa" type, but a firmly vinegared "Inari Sushi". The vinegared rice goes well with the sweet broth of the udon. A satisfying brunch with both quality and quantity. Next time, I might try a rice bowl dish. But I'll probably end up with "Kashiwa" again (laughs). I'll visit again, thank you for the meal.

This was my first visit to Sato Udon Nogeshi branch. I tried something different for the first time, the Shiitake Mushroom Udon for 510 yen. The udon had plenty of shiitake mushrooms in it. The mushrooms were surprisingly sweet, making it a great choice for those with a sweet tooth. Despite it being past 8 pm, the restaurant was packed and bustling. Thank you for the delicious meal.

I came here for the first time. The menu was so diverse that I was momentarily overwhelmed. I ordered the Okame Udon with shrimp tempura topping. The table had tenkasu and oboro kombu. Orders were placed using a button system and the food arrived quickly. The portion was huge! The bowl was just too big. It reminded me of the never-ending udon from a certain famous chain. I couldn't finish it. The soup was on the salty side, with a strong and rough flavor. The noodles were thick and lacked firmness. It just didn't suit my taste. For this price, I'd rather go to a different udon shop that I enjoy more...

I visited the restaurant around noon on a weekend, just before 1 o'clock. There were no shared tables, but it was full so I had to wait a bit. My mother, who has trouble walking, needed to go to Sawara, so I contacted someone to take her. We decided to have udon before heading out, so we went to Sanchiku Udon in Noge. I ordered the large serving of yakisoba udon, my companion got yakisoba udon, and we also ordered the sauce chicken cutlet bowl, which I love. My mother had the bukkake udon. We were surprised by how busy the restaurant was. Our orders arrived within 7-8 minutes, with the bukkake udon coming out first. Today, I only took photos of my own dish. The egg was still a bit runny, so I mixed it into the noodles and sprinkled some shaved bonito flakes on top. The sauce had a Japanese flavor, not too strong. There was plenty of cabbage, a little pork, and a lot of green onions. You can customize the yakisoba udon to your liking by mixing it while you eat. It's a gentle dish with the egg mixed in. Eating it from the top gives you a crispy texture where it touches the hot plate, similar to Hita yakisoba. Today, I enjoyed mixing it all together and slurping it up. The large serving didn't look like too much, but it was quite filling. My mother also enjoyed her meal. Thank you for the delicious food.

Today's lunch was in Nogeke, Sawara Ward. I visited "Sanzan Udon Nogeke Branch". They have a parking lot, which is convenient for those coming by car. I sat at the counter inside the restaurant. There were also tables and tatami seating available. I chose the Chicken Tempura Donburi with a mini udon set for ¥790. It was quite reasonable. The Chicken Tempura Donburi was impressively large and had a sweet soy sauce flavor with juicy chicken. The mini udon came with self-service toppings of tempura flakes and grated yam. The udon was chewy and delicious, and I enjoyed every bit of the broth. The Nogeke branch operates from 9:00 AM to 1:00 AM, not 24 hours. Overall, it was a satisfying meal. Total cost for today's lunch: ¥790.

I asked for extra green onions, but this amount is too much... So, how much is the normal amount of green onions? Well, it's delicious so I can't complain...

I love eating Katsu Curry from Mr. Shokichi for breakfast. Curry in the morning is the best. The Katsu is crispy and delicious. This is around 7:30 in the morning. Thank you for the meal! ^ ^

Located in Noge, Sawara-ku. A late dinner, around 10 PM. It's rare to find restaurants open at this time, so I'm grateful. I always go for the meat udon. The sweet broth is irresistible. Thank you for the delicious meal.

Cost-effective delicious udon. The aunties who work there provide friendly service. It's great that you can add as much grated yam and seaweed as you want. I always appreciate their hospitality. Thank you! 🙇‍♂️

Plenty of stick-shaped burdock tempura! It would be perfect if you could add as much green onions as you want, but the cost performance is decent. There are 4 private rooms, so it's safe for families with children.