{"id":105013,"date":"2017-11-28T10:21:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T01:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=food&#038;p=105013&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2017-11-28T10:21:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T01:21:11","slug":"okido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/okido\/","title":{"rendered":"Okido"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fn228-noodle-for-web-001-1024x682.jpg?resize=1024%2C682\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-105047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fn228-noodle-for-web-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fn228-noodle-for-web-001.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fn228-noodle-for-web-001.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fn228-noodle-for-web-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nOkido\u2019s Fukuoka shop has been serving Sanuki-style <em>udon<\/em> in Maizuru since it opened 11 years ago. Sanuki <em>udon<\/em> is from Kagawa Prefecture, which boasts the highest per capita <em>udon<\/em> consumption in Japan, and for many people, Sanuki means chewy noodles. However, Makoto Kimura, who runs Okido Fukuoka, serves a surprisingly supple noodle. The secret: curing time and temperature control. It was not long after opening that he decided to offer an <em>udon<\/em> more suited to local tastes. He maintains the distinct aroma by using only select domestic flours. His motto now: \u201cBorn in Sanuki, raised in Maizuru.\u201d The soup is a mellower blend suited to the local palate, but he still uses the same Seto Inland Sea dried baby sardines and Hokkaido kelp that the main shop uses. Although he\u2019s been here 11 years, Kimura says he\u2019s still trying to make his <em>udon<\/em> better. 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\/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- .photo-galleria -->\n<p><strong>Menu:<\/strong> <em>Kake<\/em> (hot noodles + hot soup) \u00a5380, <em>hiya-atsu<\/em> (cold noodles + hot soup) \u00a5380, <em>hiyashi-kake<\/em> (hot noodles + cold soup) \u00a5380, <em>bukkake<\/em> (hot noodles + pouring sauce) \u00a5530, <em>ondame<\/em> (noodles served in hot water) \u00a5480, <em>kama-age<\/em> (unstrained hot noodles) \u00a5530, <em>shoyu udon<\/em> (udon served with soy sauce) \u00a5360, <em>udon<\/em> with fishcake \u00a5530, <em>udon<\/em> with fried chikuwa (fish stick) \u00a5500, <em>udon<\/em> with fried burdock root \u00a5500, <em>udon<\/em> with fried chikuwa and fried burdock root \u00a5500, <em>udon<\/em> with plum and kelp \u00a5480, chicken rice ball \u00a590 ea.<\/p>\n<p>*Cash only \/ Reservations not required \/ Alcohol available \/ No smoking<\/p>\n<p><em>Originally published in Fukuoka Now Magazine (<a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/fukuokanow\/docs\/fn228-web\" target=\"_blank\">fn228<\/a>, Dec. 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okido\u2019s Fukuoka shop has been serving Sanuki-style udon in Maizuru since it opened 11 years ago. 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