Due Italian serves Italian fusion ramen in Shibuya and other locations around Tokyo. They have been listed as Bib Gourmand by the Michelin Guide for 3 years now. Their signature dish is called “Fromage Ramen”.
The whole concept is quite unique in Japan's ramen scene. Not that fusion ramen aren't a thing, but Italian inspired and cheese ramen are definitely on the more rare side. The comparison to Spaghetti comes to mind when thinking about it, but does not fit Due Italian at all.
The soup at Due Italian is a light and clear chicken shio ramen soup with some kombu and scallops in the background, but not very noticeable. The soup itself, with the drops of chicken oil floating on top, would be a quite solid bowl by itself, if it was served outside of the Italian fusion context.
Of course, what jumps into everyone's eye right away is the two big blobs of cheese in the middle of the bowl. From pictures and at first glance I would have thought that it is mozzarella or a similar cheese. I was quite surprised to find out that it is rather something between cream cheese and processed cheese like cheese whiz. Due to the heat of the soup, it was already very molten and started to dissolve into the soup.
Check out my full review here: https://youtu.be/DckNcTMp6UM?si=F7BKfNUplcyQ9JO4
by namajapan