HOKKAIDO RAMEN, Part 1 - RAMEN JAPAN

Ramen a Japanese staple that's now popular worldwide region has its own Vision shifting with the times while staying true to the original welcome to Japan the land of ramen we explore the northern expanses of Hokkaido in search of ramen each place with its own version of the next two episodes we'll uncover just what makes them so deliciously different kaido's largest city subpo with a population of nearly 2 million [Music] temperatures regularly below freezing wind is in this Northern City are bitter cold and to warm you up in the cold nothing beats Ramen with an astonishing over 1 000 shops it is one of the most competitive markets in Japan [Applause] [Music] just 17 ramen shops line the small alleyway but it sees over 2 000 customers a day [Music] the Rama and everybody's here for [Music] traditional Japanese seasoning miso made mainly with soy and grain it's fermented and essential to Japanese cooking [Music] thank you the shop we're heading towards now has been making miso Ramen since 1964. let's see what makes Sapporo Ramen so special [Music] thank you Tamil um [Music] [Music] Dashi ingredients vary from shop to shop but everything goes in the wok stir-fried vegetables meat and miso Joint Forces in a mummy explosion for Hokkaido Ramen even the soup comes from the wok the perfect noodles for all that miso flavor characteristically thick with a pronounced curl [Music] s [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] the shop started by the man who served the first ever bowl of miso Ramen is still in business today inheriting the shop from his father the second generation owner is omia hideo age 80. his early childhood image of his father is closely linked with post-war Sapporo around there is father morito was only 26 at the end of the second world war soon after he opened the food store back then Ramen in Sapporo wasn't miso but shoyu Style for hideo talking about the ramen they used to eat in the old days calls to mind the time of post-wars scarcity [Music] in search of a way to make his Ramen more appealing the answer morito came up with was miso I know he added nutritious vegetables like bean sprouts onions and garlic [Music] and mixing in ground meat he stir-fried it all in a wok Jim James adding classic Dashi soup stock a new miso flavored broth never before seen in Japan was created there was apparently one more reason that he decided to use the wok yes foreign [Music] [Music] Takashi [Music] comments at the time nishiyama was working at another shop making noodles he thought of the classic Japanese noodles known as udon made with wheat flour udon noodles are thick with a firm springy texture adapting the method used for making udon he made ramen foreign [Music] thank you the player spends six years perfecting their creation the first ever bowl of miso Ramen in [Music] it's been 70 years and now the city of Sapporo is synonymous with miso Ramen [Music] foreign [Music] this man has been a fan of miso Ramen since the two first created it is [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] Elementary School it's 12 20 p.m finally time for lunch served by the children themselves naturally today they are serving Ramen [Music] for the children of Sapporo Ramen is special [Music] [Music] this third year class is in the middle of a social studies lesson [Music] [Music] over 90 percent of Sapporo schools organize student visits to a noodle plant the plant that children go to is the one started by nishiyama the one who first helped omia to create miso Ramen at first they sold noodles to just a few shops but now there are over 3 500 of them they produce 100 000 portions a day there are 500 different recipes to choose from [Music] the process takayuki once did by hand is now done entirely by machine and to give the noodles their characteristic curl [Music] s [Music] but one thing remains unchanged from the old days still strive to create the ideal noodles thank you [Music] this Ramen Shop has used their custom-made noodles for 20 years [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] 70 years ago two men set out to make a more delicious and more nutritious bowl of ramen and their legacy continues to this day wouldn't you like some yourself come pay a visit for the best bowl of ramen you've ever had

Channel: NHK WORLD-JAPAN

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Length: 15min 6sec (906 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 16 2023