Ayuramen Plus in Toranomon x Lazy Blog.

A business tower has gone up right next to Toranomon Hills. Honestly, Toranomon Hills itself was a bit dull, with no real restaurants to speak of, but the new business tower is a different story.

the entrance to Toranomon Hills Business Tower

quite the building they have put up.

Urban Famima!!

a collaboration between a convenience store and a clothing shop.

Toranomon Yokocho

this is the mood at lunchtime. nice and calm.

Toranomon Yokocho

turns out there are a lot of seriously good places in here.

Bird Land

there is a slightly pricey yakitori place too..

Ayuramen Plus

A branch of the ayu ramen shop that is famous in Futako-Tamagawa has opened here. I actually went all the way out to Futako-Tamagawa once to eat this ramen, only to find out that the ayu ramen is dinner-only, and I came home defeated. There was no way I could pass up the chance for a rematch.

the ayu ramen menu

I went for the 1,100-yen Ayu Goto Ramen. There is a half portion on the menu too, but if I am eating it at all I may as well do it properly.

the description

Apparently they put a ginger soba on the menu in autumn. that is one I would like to try.

ayu ramen

The clean, light broth with ginger, the grilled dried ayu and the delicate noodles all came together in a way that felt less like eating ramen and more like eating a well-made Japanese meal.

the noodles

ramen shops these days really do not lack for anything.

the ayu opened up

getting one big whole fish makes it very satisfying. it makes me wonder how anyone came up with a ramen this ingenious.

grilled onigiri

the grilled onigiri has a strong charcoal and ayu flavor, so it is good on its own, but breaking it up into the broth is good too. thanks to that I went way over on carbs.

the yokocho map