Yummy bowls from my Tokyo trip last week (links in comment)
Yummy bowls from my Tokyo trip last week (links in comment)
by ShowUsTheMane
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Amazing Bowls ! Everything Looks Great.
DudelyMcDudely
They look delicious! 🤤
ShowUsTheMane
1. [Ramen Katsumoto](https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1310/A131003/13179757/) – ajitama chuuka soba My favourite bowl of the trip. A super clean Tokyo-style shoyu ramen, packed full of flavour that belies the clarity of the soup. I am usually not a fan of fish/niboshi-style soups, but Katsumoto manages to extract maximum umami with no fishy taste. Blended with pork & chicken, this is truly an umami bomb. The only downside is that the noodles were a bit soft for my liking.
2. [Hakata Furyu](https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1311/A131101/13177876/) – ajitama tonkotsu Excellent Hakata-style tonkotsu. They have multiple branches across Tokyo. I get that Ichiran has great marketing and is very foreigner-friendly, but this is easily comparable in taste and affordability. You can select the doneness of your noodles, and each diner can have 2 free *kaedama* noodle refills (!).
3. [Oreryu Shio-Ramen](https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1306/A130601/13163615/) – shio ramen A pleasant surprise. Super clean and clear-looking soup, but packed full of flavour. The yuzu brightens up the bowl, and all the other veggies/condiments are crucial as well.
4. [Ramen Hayashida Asakusa](https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1311/A131102/13296403/) – tori paitan Overly salty. My only other reference for *tori paitan* ramen was Ginza Kagari, which I would recommend over this bowl. This soup has a deep, chickeny flavour and a thick and creamy texture, but it is just salted too heavily.
5. [Munchie Ken](https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1312/A131201/13220773/) – kamo chuuka soba (shoyu) Another lovely surprise. (and what a great store name – transliteration from Japanese) Tokyo-style shoyu ramen but with soup made entirely from duck. Extremely flavourful, perhaps second only to Katsumoto on this list. The regular pork chashu is replaced with duck chashu, and finished with yuzu which really lifts the whole bowl. The veggies and leeks complement perfectly, and I wonder if the ajitama is actually a duck egg (?)
6. [Ramen Watanabe](https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1311/A131102/13223931/) – kuro (black) ramen Comforting bowl in a shop with a lovely atmosphere. Tonkotsu ramen with a shoyu *tare*. Every element in the bowl was solid, from the soup to the chashu to the toppings to the noodles. The noodles were slightly thicker than other bowls of tonkotsu I have had, and had a great bite to them.
My initial comment was removed by auto-mod for using google maps links – hope these tabelog links now work!
3 Comments
Amazing Bowls ! Everything Looks Great.
They look delicious! 🤤
1. [Ramen Katsumoto](https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1310/A131003/13179757/) – ajitama chuuka soba
My favourite bowl of the trip. A super clean Tokyo-style shoyu ramen, packed full of flavour that belies the clarity of the soup. I am usually not a fan of fish/niboshi-style soups, but Katsumoto manages to extract maximum umami with no fishy taste. Blended with pork & chicken, this is truly an umami bomb. The only downside is that the noodles were a bit soft for my liking.
2. [Hakata Furyu](https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1311/A131101/13177876/) – ajitama tonkotsu
Excellent Hakata-style tonkotsu. They have multiple branches across Tokyo. I get that Ichiran has great marketing and is very foreigner-friendly, but this is easily comparable in taste and affordability. You can select the doneness of your noodles, and each diner can have 2 free *kaedama* noodle refills (!).
3. [Oreryu Shio-Ramen](https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1306/A130601/13163615/) – shio ramen
A pleasant surprise. Super clean and clear-looking soup, but packed full of flavour. The yuzu brightens up the bowl, and all the other veggies/condiments are crucial as well.
4. [Ramen Hayashida Asakusa](https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1311/A131102/13296403/) – tori paitan
Overly salty. My only other reference for *tori paitan* ramen was Ginza Kagari, which I would recommend over this bowl. This soup has a deep, chickeny flavour and a thick and creamy texture, but it is just salted too heavily.
5. [Munchie Ken](https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1312/A131201/13220773/) – kamo chuuka soba (shoyu)
Another lovely surprise. (and what a great store name – transliteration from Japanese) Tokyo-style shoyu ramen but with soup made entirely from duck. Extremely flavourful, perhaps second only to Katsumoto on this list. The regular pork chashu is replaced with duck chashu, and finished with yuzu which really lifts the whole bowl. The veggies and leeks complement perfectly, and I wonder if the ajitama is actually a duck egg (?)
6. [Ramen Watanabe](https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1311/A131102/13223931/) – kuro (black) ramen
Comforting bowl in a shop with a lovely atmosphere. Tonkotsu ramen with a shoyu *tare*. Every element in the bowl was solid, from the soup to the chashu to the toppings to the noodles. The noodles were slightly thicker than other bowls of tonkotsu I have had, and had a great bite to them.
My initial comment was removed by auto-mod for using google maps links – hope these tabelog links now work!