Kumamoto is known for its cuisine featuring horsemeat. Dishes include raw horsemeat served with soy sauce, boiled horsemeat stewed with alcohol and sake, and stewed horse internal organs flavored with miso. Other local specialties include deep-fried lotus root filled with a miso and mustard mixture, dumplings added to miso soup, bean vermicelli soup, and sweet potato dumplings. Kumamoto offers many interesting local foods for visitors to sample.