There is a well-reviewed tsukemen specialist near Hamamatsu Station — ramen where the noodles come separately and you dip them in the broth — so I went along.

The place

You can really feel the history.

The udon menu

I had assumed it was a ramen shop, but they do udon too.

The ramen menu

There was curry tsukemen as well, but this time I went for the regular one.

Inside

Inside

The TV isn’t a cathode-ray set, but it’s retro all the same. This is the sort of thing you couldn’t fake even if you tried.

The entrance

Quite a lot of award certificates hanging up.

Chashu tsukemen

Like the shop itself, it’s retro in taste as well as in looks. Salty, rugged shoyu broth with well-made Chinese-style noodles dipped into it — really good. Some might find it too old-fashioned, but there are days when that is exactly the ramen you want.

Hiyashi chuka

This too tastes like your standard hiyashi chuka — chilled Chinese-style noodles, exactly as you would imagine them.

Close-up of the noodles

A very good meal. I had no idea places like this were still around.

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