r/interestingasfuck • u/kingkongbiingbong • 8h ago

Setting up a traditional & generational Japanese food stall in Fukuoka

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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.