Menya Sugo, a ramen shop in Shinbashi
I hadn’t been to Shinbashi in a while, and there was a new ramen shop with a long line out front. It’s a tiny place with only about five seats, so of course you have to queue. The shop The counter…
I hadn’t been to Shinbashi in a while, and there was a new ramen shop with a long line out front. It’s a tiny place with only about five seats, so of course you have to queue. The shop The counter…
I love shellfish broth, so I make a point of seeking out ramen shops that serve it. The name Toratake sounds like it might belong to the Menya Musashi lineage, but for whatever reason it seemed to have a good …
There are so many izakaya in Shimbashi that there is no way to remember them all. Tamuro is one of them, and it is popular less for the izakaya side than for its seriously good ramen. The place It is on the s…
A new ramen shop called Okurindo has opened in Hamamatsucho. The entrance It turned up in a spot where I never would have guessed there was a restaurant. The menu The menu here is fun: the base chuka soba is…
A ramen shop called MEN Cry opened in Hamamatsucho… the location is a pain to find and the style is unusual, but the reviews were good so I went to check it out. Purely hand-made noodles There’s a…
There are plenty of famous ramen shops in Kyoto too, but while I was dithering over where to go I ended up picking one close to my hotel. This place.. It’s a shop with quite a bit of history. Some say i…
Ramen Fujimaru.. the flagship of Jiro-style ramen.. although lately I keep hearing the portions have gotten a bit smaller.. The entrance Nothing has changed.. The notice Well.. what it comes down to is that …
A shellfish-broth ramen shop called Gunners has opened in Hamamatsucho, so I went to try it. This is the place.. A quick search told me it is a famous shop from outside Tokyo. Menu Simple. Spices These days…
I heard Taishoken in Eifukucho was good, so I went to check it out. This is the place.. It’s a popular shop, so the line was long. The surrounding area The atmosphere was nice, so I planned to take a w…
Rousokuya is so famous that you probably already know about it. The entrance By the way, rousoku means candle. The entrance They also do a chilled tantanmen as a seasonal menu item, apparently. An ad announc…
With Uber Eats doing so well, there are quite a few delivery-only ramen places around. With delivery ramen it’s one of two things: they either cook the noodles and send them, or they send you raw noodles…
The newly opened food court had a place that really caught my eye. There is a nationally famous hamburg steak chain like Sawayaka in there too, but the line was long so I skipped it for now. san grams Right i…