Kumamoto residents are the top prefecture in Japan when it comes to spending on alcohol when eating out. The food that these drinkers eat to go with their drinks is fried pork trotters.

Kumamoto residents are the top prefecture in Japan when it comes to spending on alcohol when eating out. The food that these drinkers eat to go with their drinks is fried pork trotters.

Kumamoto residents are the top prefecture in Japan when it comes to spending on alcohol when eating out. The food that these drinkers eat to go with their drinks is fried pork trotters.

揚げ豚足＜Fried pig’s trotters＞

Kumamoto residents enjoy drinking alcohol with fried pork trotters as a snack.
Deep-fried pork trotters are a popular menu item served at around 120 stores in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Crispy on the outside, soft and creamy inside! A snack that combines both crispy and soft textures.
There are two types of deep-fried pig’s trotters.
– A type that is deep-fried after being coated in batter.
– A type that is deep-fried without any coating, with a crispier exterior!

Raw pig’s trotters are boiled once, left to rest, and then deep-fried to make them soft and tender.

I also like horse sashimi and mustard lotus root.

＜Drinking expenses when eating out (households with 2 or more people)＞
1st place: Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture, 38,205 yen
2nd place: Tokyo wards, 34,911 yen
3rd place: Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, 31,442 yen

Kumamoto is a place where shochu is popular.
It’s also a sake-producing region.
At home, people drink a lot of beer, western liquor, sake, and shochu, without being picky about what they drink.

【Featured shops】

居酒屋ふくふく
(Izakaya Fukufuku)
add：1-21-2 Kokufu, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture

・揚げ豚足(から揚げタイプ)　418円
(Fried pork trotters ”fried type” 418 yen)
れんこん食堂
(Ren kon shokudo)
add：3-4-4 Minami-Kumamoto, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture

・揚げ豚足(素揚げタイプ)　693円
ried pork trotters(A type that is deep-fried without any coating, 693 yen)
上村商店
(Uemura shoten)
add：1231 Ueki-ono, Ueki-cho, Kita-ku, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture

お持ち帰り専門　500円
(Takeaway only: 500 yen)
伝統熊本豚骨伝総本店
(Ramen Den)
add：13-4 Hanabatacho, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture

〆にラーメンと揚げ豚足
(Ramen and fried pork trotters as a final meal after a night of drinking)

＜Owner of Renkon Shokudo Matsuryu Tsutomu says.＞

I think 60 years ago in Kumamoto, there was a ramen shop that used pork trotters in the ramen soup. After making the stock, they didn’t want to waste it, so they fried them and served them as a staff meal, and they became popular.

After that, they put it on the menu, and it became very popular.