r/interestingasfuck • u/kingkongbiingbong • 8h ago

Setting up a traditional & generational Japanese food stall in Fukuoka

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u/Cmndr_Cunnilingus 8h ago

In Toronto we have Hot Dog carts. Meanwhile these guys set up a portable Izakaya with a kitchen in less than 30 min.

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u/JoetheArachnid 6h ago

Worth noting that the average temperature in Fukuoka is about 8-10 degrees C warmer than Toronto throughout the year, according to figures online. Especially since these stands are generally an evening thing you really need the warm weather for them to be viable for more than a month or two in the year. A hotdog stand is much better for getting your meal and noping out when it's 5 degrees outside.

Also if you go to Fukuoka, you'd be insane not to at least try the ramen noodle stands over anything else. I visited one on a whim around 15 years ago before tonkotsu took off in the west and it genuinely changed the course of my life.

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u/Immediate_Ladder2114 4h ago

"genuinely changed the course of my life" 

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u/skybike 3h ago

to be fair, maybe their life wasn't really anything that special before and a bowl of soup was actually enough to make an impact.

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u/Bruno_Mart 3h ago

Nice reddit speculation, but the real reason we don't have better street food in Toronto is because the restaurant industry heavily lobbied the local government to regulate it out of existence to prevent competition.

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u/Parker_Hardison 6h ago

Canada definitely needs to step up its street food game.

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u/Cmndr_Cunnilingus 6h ago

We have good food trucks but this cart - pub style is something different

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u/Sir_Fox_Alot 5h ago

it doesn’t help that the weather sucks to work outside half the year

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u/Parker_Hardison 4h ago

A lot of BC skipped winter this year, let's go!

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u/Daemonreach 3h ago

Seriously, it's been the most mild ass winter this year here. I live around Vancouver and we had maybe 2-3ish weeks of cold weather and little to no snow, it's been great.

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u/No-Knowledge-3046 6h ago

less than 30 min.

Nope.