Jingisukan Daruma Honten is a yakiniku restaurant in Susukino, Sapporo.
The Susukino jingisukan room since 1954. Single-cut lamb, dome grills at every seat, and an atozuke after-dipping style defining Sapporo Genghis Khan.
Signature dishes: Sapporo-cut lamb, Onion-and-leek garnish, Tare dipping sauce
Must order: One Sapporo-cut lamb plate per person to start; add another before the first is done.
Tip: Cash only; queues from 17:30; the 4-4 branch around the corner is the overflow.
Address: Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0805, Japan
The Susukino soup-curry shop two minutes from the station. Knuckle pork, chicken leg and Hokkaido vegetables in a clearer broth than Magic Spice.
Signature: Knuckle-pork soup curry, Chicken-leg curry, 21-vegetable plate
Order: Knuckle pork soup curry with 21 Hokkaido vegetables.
Tip: Long queue from 12:00; Suage2 is the same operator one block over with the same menu.
The Sapporo Brewery's beer hall and Genghis Khan grill in an 1890 brick brewing house, with five themed halls and the all-you-can-eat lamb-and-beer course.
Signature: Jingisukan tabehoudai, Sapporo Classic draft, Lamb shabu
Order: 100-minute jingisukan tabehoudai with all-you-can-drink Sapporo Classic.
Tip: Trommel Hall in the original brewery is the room with the atmosphere; reserve ahead.
The original soup curry shop. Founder Taizan Shimomura coined soup curry here in 1993, riffing on Indonesian soto ayam with a chicken broth and 30-plus.
Signature: Chicken soup curry, Kakuteru spice level, Haskap lassi
Order: Chicken-leg soup curry at the kakuteru spice level.
Tip: Six heat levels from junrei to sumire; ask for the haskap lassi as the cooler.
The Susukino soup-curry shop two minutes from the station. Knuckle pork, chicken leg and Hokkaido vegetables in a clearer broth than Magic Spice.
Signature: Knuckle-pork soup curry, Chicken-leg curry, 21-vegetable plate
Order: Knuckle pork soup curry with 21 Hokkaido vegetables.
Tip: Long queue from 12:00; Suage2 is the same operator one block over with the same menu.
Founded 2007, Garaku built its name on a clear 21-spice broth and slow-cooked bone-in chicken. Underground room behind a stone facade by Bus Center.
Signature: Tender chicken-leg curry, Hokkaido vegetable plate, 21-spice broth
Order: Tender chicken leg with Hokkaido vegetables; spice level five for a first time.
Tip: Queue forms by 11:30 on weekends; the Tanukikoji branch is five minutes west.
Picante opened 1996 north of Hokkaido University, one of the founding soup-curry houses after Magic Spice. Three Sapporo branches; this is the original.
Signature: Knuckle-pork curry, Lamb-leg curry, Tomato-spice broth
Order: Knuckle pork soup curry; pick broth (1-4 spice) and rice size at the counter.
Tip: Four-minute walk from Kita 12-jo subway; 44 seats but 30-minute waits at peak.
The Murakami family ramen house, Sumire opened in 1964 and codified Sapporo's lard-capped miso bowl that stays piping through Hokkaido winters.
Signature: Miso ramen, Shoyu ramen, Shio ramen
Order: Miso ramen with extra chashu; the lard cap keeps the broth heat-stable.
Tip: Ten-minute walk from Nakanoshima subway; the Susukino branch is the late option.
