Chinese Ryouri Hotei Honten is a budget eat in Odori, Sapporo.
A Sapporo Chinese-Japanese kitchen famed for its zangi-on-rice bowl. Five minutes from Nishi 11-chome subway; lunch sets land 800-1,200 yen.
Tip: Cash preferred; closed Sundays.
Address: Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0061, Japan
Donguri's hot rack runs 200-400 yen per bread: chikuwa pan, Hokkaido potato bread, curry pan and a dozen others. Stand-out cheap eats at Odori Park.
Try: Chikuwa pan and Hokkaido potato bread
Tip: Eat warm on the Odori Park benches; buy two more for the train.
Sapporo's reference zangi (Hokkaido fried chicken) counter. Set meals under 1,000 yen with free rice and cabbage refills; weekend lines run 15 minutes.
Try: Hokkaido zangi teishoku
Tip: Same set-menu price all day; the Sapporo Station branch is the queue overflow.
Donguri's hot rack runs 200-400 yen per bread: chikuwa pan, Hokkaido potato bread, curry pan and a dozen others. Stand-out cheap eats at Odori Park.
Try: Chikuwa pan and Hokkaido potato bread
Tip: Eat warm on the Odori Park benches; buy two more for the train.
Sumire's late-night Susukino branch, one minute from Susukino subway. Miso ramen and side gyoza for under 1,500 yen. Open until 03:00 most nights.
Try: Miso ramen
Tip: Open until 03:00; the late-night Susukino bookend is under 1,500 yen.
A Sapporo Station-area izakaya pulling chicken thigh zangi at 100 yen a piece. No appetiser cover, no service charge; cheap base for an after-work drink.
Try: 100-yen zangi
Tip: 100 yen per skewer; no service or cover charge.
The 42-metre alley of 17 ramen shops south of Susukino runs through the night. Bowls land 850-1,400 yen; pick by queue length and a cheap immediate fix.
Try: Sapporo miso ramen
Tip: Skip the shops with English signs; the locals queue behind.
A Nijo Market sushi-and-donburi counter. The cheapest kaisendon (mixed seafood-over-rice) bowls land 1,800 yen; uni-ikura-crab triple bowls 2,800.
Try: Kaisendon
Tip: Walk in early; the queue stretches by 09:00 in summer.
