Eat well in Hiroshima without overpaying: the locals'-budget edition.
Eat well in Hiroshima for under €15 a plate: the places locals on a budget actually use.
Bakudanya sells Hiroshima tsukemen for under 1,000 yen in Shintenchi: cold noodles with cabbage, cucumber and a chilli dipping sauce you grade yourself.
TryHiroshima tsukemen
TipHeat runs on a numbered scale, and asking for a lower number costs nothing and keeps the sauce readable.
Chukasoba Youki in Eba has sold one bowl of Hiroshima chuka soba since 1958, and it remains among the cheapest good lunches anywhere in the city.
TryChuka soba
TipThere is nothing else on the menu, so the queue moves quickly even when it runs out of the door.
Musashibo sells Hiroshima's broth-free tantanmen from a ticket machine in Fujimi-cho, with every heat level priced exactly the same as the rest.
TryShirunashi tantanmen
TipBuy the ticket before you sit down, and stir the bowl hard before the first mouthful or the chilli oil stays at the bottom.
Lopez charges 730 yen for a griddle cake of vegetables, pork and egg in Hiroshima, or 880 yen with soba added, and the jalapenos cost nothing extra.
TryJalapeno okonomiyaki
TipCentral and South American plates share the board with the okonomiyaki, and the whole menu stays under 1,000 yen.
Nagataya keeps its lunch okonomiyaki near the A-Bomb Dome at around 1,000 yen, which is fair going for a counter standing this close to the Peace Park.
TryHiroshima okonomiyaki
TipLunch runs cheaper than dinner here, and the kitchen closes for the day at 20:00 rather than running late.
Rai Rai Tei is a plain Minami-ku noodle shop in Hiroshima where a full bowl of chuka soba still lands comfortably under 1,000 yen at either service.
TryChuka soba
TipLunch service stops at 15:30 from Tuesday to Saturday and the shop is closed on Mondays, so plan around the break.
Tsubame Ramen feeds western Hiroshima a cheap soy-and-pork chuka soba from a small Higashi-Kanon room a few minutes from the Tenmacho tram stop.
TryChuka soba
TipThe shop runs straight through from 11:30 to 22:00 every day except Sunday, when the shutters stay down.
Reichan starts its Hiroshima soba okonomiyaki at 790 yen inside ekie, which is fair going for a counter built into the Hiroshima Station complex itself.
TrySoba okonomiyaki
TipSquid and prawn toppings push the bill up quickly; the plain soba version is the budget order here.
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