Day 2: Ramen that can stink up the whole street - Hakata Issuo Ramen 博多一双 祗園店 - Fukuoka, Japan

We walked by this ramen shop call Hakata Issuo Ramen 博多一双 祗園店 (Eat 81) several times.  Each time we pass by, there is a long line up.  It is a small restaurant with only a few seats.  The constant long line is not the only thing that caught my attention.  What really made us curious about the place is the rotten smell coming from it.  The smell is so strong that it spreads at least 50 meters away.  It's a sour, rotten, garbage kind of smell.

Now, why would a disgusting bowl of rotten ramen attract so many people?  Curiosity got the best of us.  Decided to go in to check it out.

I forgot what the price was but probably around 1000 yen or so.  The rotten intensifies as we sit in the tiny shop  They pretty much only serve one type of ramen.  When the ramen came, it looks just like any others.  The flavor of the ramen soup actually doesn't taste putrid like its smell.  I can't say it's good, but not bad.  It tastes ok and we finished our bowl. 

 It's like durian.  It tastes and smells different.  Some people loves them, some people hates them.

For me, I still like ramen without the smell of garbage.  So, this ramen is not for me. 

Point on map:

Eat 81 - Hakata Issuo Ramen 博多一双 祗園店

3-2 Gionmachi, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka, 812-0038, Japan

Day 1: Flight to Fukuoka, Tyson Ramen, Hakata Old Town, Kusihida-jinja Shrine, Kawabata Shopping Arcade, AYCE BBQ Wagyu, Airbnb in Hakata

Day 2: Daichi no Udon, Dazaifu, Gundam Base, Stinky Ramen

Day 3: Yanagawa, Shintencho Shopping District, Shinjidai Izakaya

Day 4: Come Come Burger, Ainoshima Island (Cat Island), Lalaport and Gundam, Wagaya

Day 5: Gyoza at Temujin, Shopping in Hakata Station, Noiice, Shopping in Tenjin, Yatai, Convenience Store Food

Day 6: Katsudon at Hakata Toriichi, Amu Plaza, Namco, Fukuoka Airport