Nights in Shinjuku require mornings of recovery and lunches of ramen… Misuji opened recently, more or less right across from the shrine entrance on Eitai Dori, the spiritual heart of Monzennakacho. This is where the lamb specialist used to be; I guess we all know how that worked out. Normal miso ramen. They do chicken […]
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Otemachi Ramen, Otemachi (duh)
There is good news and bad news in today’s post. To the good, I have reconfirmed that, by bicycle, one can get practically anywhere on the east side of Tokyo in 20 minutes. Today I went from the office to Kappabashi (Christmas present shopping, I think you know what I mean), faffed around on the […]
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Jangara Ramen, Kanda
Would you believe that this was the first time I’d been to an outlet of the famed Kyushu ramen chain Jangara? It’s famed for having really strong, porky soup. In fact, I didn’t think the soup was that strong. Or that good. I had the one advertised with green on the soup-types board (it said […]
Chinmaya, Otemachi （陳麻家）
This place seems to specialize in tantanmen (spicy sesame-and-pork noodles) and mapo tofu (tofu and pork in sauce heavily spiced with red pepper and prickly ash). I sense some thematic similarities there. In keeping with my recent capsule reviews of noodles places: – I like noodles like this in ramen – thin, straight, light. They’re […]
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Naruto Ramen, Kanda (七琉門）
I’m not a particularly diligent person. You scoff, but it’s true. Only for those brief periods when I’m really interested in something can I really apply myself to it. Right now it’s tsukemen. Which I don’t even like that much; I just want to understand why other people like them so much (I think they’re […]
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Toki Ramen, Kanda (斗樹)
Hey, I’m feeling kinda sick today, so let me keep this to a minimum, OK? My project to enjoy tsukemen continues (there was the shared snack bowl yesterday that didn’t even make it to a post, but should have) with a Kanda location that’s right next to Y’s Ramen. Judging by the t-shirt of the […]
Xian, Kanda （西安刀削麺 酒楼）
Well, if you can read those kanji you’ll know that I had toushoumen for lunch today. I was pretty happy about it too – I thought this place was good. Toushoumen are a sort of performance-art food, a little like the picci that were on the menu at Il Pacioccone last Friday night. By this […]
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Aburaya Seimen, Kanda (油屋製麺)
Pon pon. Pon and I went for an early/late lunch (horribly late for her, a bit early for me) and found ourselves heading toward Kanda, which we evidently do all the time in various other groups as well. With no clear plan, we were seduced by the lure of noodles, and in particular tsukemen, which […]
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Keisuke Gaiden Ramen, Tokyo (けいすけ外伝)
Ramen fever gripped me as I left the office today, and it was late enough that I figured the lines would be gone down at Tokyo Station’s Ramen Street. No. Still, with a few minutes of patience I was able to work my way up the pecking order and try another place. I say ‘pecking […]
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Hirugao Ramen, Tokyo (ひるがお)
Under Tokyo Station, all sorts of delights await. I walked it once before with little excitement, but today I enjoyed some mild exploration down the length of #1 Street (一番街, it’s on the Yaesu side). Down at the extreme south end, they have a little ‘ramen museum’ setup that opened this year. Perhaps in a […]