Fukuoka - To Eat 19Jan2019 (Sho La Ku Montunabe, Mark IS Food Court Options)

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Sho La Ku
もつ鍋 笑楽 天神店
Motunabe
 Located at B2 of Solaria Stage
(Tenjin Area. Main shopping place)
Getting To Tenjin Area

There's two shuttle buses to the Tenjin Area from Hilton Seahawk with regular timings and ea displays. The express W1bus takes about 20mins to get to town while the regular service takes a little longer. Return stops just in front of Mark IS Mall and the other In Front of Hilton Seahawk. Bus Does not pull back into the drop of point of the hotel.

Sho La Ku
もつ鍋 笑楽 天神店
Motunabe
 Located at B2 of Solaria Stage
(Tenjin Area. Main shopping place)

Stumbling into Sho La Ku was kind of a third choice. After having passed Ganso Hakata Mentaiju, which after asking the local long queue lines which started at 1030am, and even longer by 1230pm that the place is apparently famous for Mentaiko.

The second was Hyotan sushi located on the same floor not too far from Sho La Ku. A (researched) popular local sushi joint, Hyotan Sushi which also had a long queue when we reached. Hence the third choice of Sho La Ku.

Here at Sho La Ku, one can get to try to of the main things which Fukuoka are known for. The first being MENTAIKO Spicy cod roe. This is famous in Fukuoka and is commonly served as a side dish everywhere from yatai food stalls to izakaya and even ramen shops. Secondly is Motunabe which is Another affordable yet satisfying soul food or innards hotpot. The beef or pork tripe is topped with lots of chives and cabbage and boiled in a spicy miso broth. Noodles or rice are added to the soup to round off the meal. This is a winter favorite but served and eaten year-round.

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Ordered On:
19Jan2019
Special Lunch and Offal Hotpot with choice of Soy Sauce Based Soup.
On the menu it was stated that Shoyu was the most popular soup since its opening and it did not disappoint at all! 
You can order different sets as the main shared dish is the same.

The only difference between the two is the addition of Horse Meat Shashimi (nothing spectacular), Vinegar Offal (the ponzu and vinegar tends to overpower everything else. More of a textural thing). The surprisingly welcome dish was the serving of Champion noodles which was typically an asian Birthday noodles that goes into together with that delicious rolling broth.

The main hotpot itself is quite unique. Though there isn't a lot of inert, but it does have a flavorful, almost fatty texture and consistency. Very delicious but not too filling like eating pork fat. Same same, but slightly different.
Fed 2 at 3260Yen

Food 3/5
Ambience 3.5/5
Value 3.5/5 (For basic set probably)
Service 3/5

For a first time experience of Montunabe, this was really quite enjoyable. Not much comparison to others, nor suggesting this is a famous or known one. A great exposure to one of Fukuoka's dishes that was throughly enjoyed. 

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Mark IS Food Court
Ordered On
19Jan2019
Drive In Tori

Food 3/5
Value 3/5
Ramen
located beside Udon Stall

(Staff from the Drive In Tori stall said this was the better one of the two ramen stalls within the food court.)
Food 3-3.5/5
Value 3/5
Okay nothing special. Survival.

 Located at Mark Is Shopping Center Lvl3