Chuka Soba Aoba in Ikebukuro
Aoba is one of Nakano’s long-established famous shops. I kept meaning to go but never found the time, so I just hadn’t made it. Then I heard there’s an Aoba branch in Ikebukuro, so I dropped …
Aoba is one of Nakano’s long-established famous shops. I kept meaning to go but never found the time, so I just hadn’t made it. Then I heard there’s an Aoba branch in Ikebukuro, so I dropped …
I’ve made up my mind to eat a lunch special every Saturday. The main idea is to visit places that are closed on Sundays or in the evening, or that are famous for their lunch sets. This time I went to Men…
Ikebukuro is the fiercest ramen battleground in Japan. There are countless shops, and hardly a single one of them isn’t a famous name. Out of all of them, I went to Nakamoto, which is supposedly the hot …
I couldn’t be bothered to cook, so I was thinking of eating out, and decided to try a ramen shop in Ikebukuro that a friend had recommended to me a while back as being really good. It’s Kissui, a s…
Nantsuttei, a ramen shop famous in Kanagawa Prefecture just south of Tokyo, opened in Ikebukuro at the end of last year. Considering that Ikebukuro is effectively the fiercest ramen battleground in Japan, that…
My first weekend in Tokyo: around lunchtime a friend called me out, and we headed to the Gyoza Stadium in Ikebukuro. I’d seen the Ramen Stadium in Fukuoka, but who knew there was a gyoza stadium too? App…
Taishoken is a famous ramen shop that’s been in business for 40 years, tucked away in a corner of Ikebukuro. Apparently it’s No. 1 in the Ikebukuro ramen rankings.. ^_^; Unusually, this place is on…