Gengis Khan - Sapporo

January 17, 2006 on 8:42 am | In Food, Travel | | Email This Post

As you may have heard, in Japan every location has some famous food. One of the famous foods in Hokkaido, maybe especially Sapporo, is Gengis Khan (ジンギスカン）.

We asked around and found a famous Gengis Khan shop called “DARUMA”. So famous we had to wait outside in the freezing Hokkaido winter for over an hour!

Gengis Khan is basically like Yakiniku (Korean BBQ), however the grill is shaped like an upside down bowl. Also, while cooking the meat, you place fat right on the top of the bowl, so it melts down so the meat doesn’t stick.

I was told that this dish is called Gengis Khan because the grill is shapped like the helmet Gengis Khan probably wore. Could be?

Seriously though, along with the cold outside, the warm sake, the meat… This was really good stuff. If you go to Sapporo, find this shop!


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    yes, it was very good!!

    Comment by Chivey — January 17, 2006 #

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    Hey

    Just discovered your site. Pretty good! I specially like the posts about food with the insights in the local culture and language. Good work!

    Comment by Vince — January 18, 2006 #

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    How did you find this place Vince? I’m always curiuos!

    Comment by harvey — January 18, 2006 #

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    A link at fuckedgaijin.com

    Comment by Vince — January 18, 2006 #

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    Cool info to know and some of the food looks good.

    Comment by Shay — January 18, 2006 #

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    I love Genghis Khan! I can’t get it here in Michigan. I served in the Army near Chitose in the late sixties and had it at least three times per week in Chitose. Wish I had the receipe for the sauce.

    Comment by Dennis — August 24, 2006 #

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    Genghis Khan is good eating, but the ghengis khan caramels are foul. In Sapporo, the old Sapporo beer factory has big dining feasts in warm weather. The grills’ domes used to (10+ years ago) have an embossed Hokkaido map on them. I went once or twice and always had fun, though with so many people absolutely smashed drunk, with tie-on paper bibs soaked with grease, poking away with wooden chopsticks at meat grilling over flames, I always expected a thrilling but tragic event. Never happened, though.

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