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| Sunday, April 02, 2006 |
| Ichi-Ran: worlds best tokotsu ramen |
I want to introduce you all to one of my favourite restaurants in Japan, Ichi-Ran. The ramen they serve there is called tonkotsu ramen, it's soup is pork based and is the worlds best in my opinion.
For those of you that don't know what ramen is, it's a noodle dish served with one of four soups, tonkotsu (pork), shoyu (soy sauce), miso(bean paste) and shio(salt). These can also be mixed to form a variey of combinations such as tonkotsu miso. In the soup and noodle mix a variety of things are added, the most common being chaashuu (pork), negi(spring onions) and tamago(egg). Some even include sweet corn and seaweed.
If you are ever heading down south to Fukuoka you would be crazy not to stop by at least once for lunch or dinner, it's quite an experience. Before you enter you need to purchase a ticket from the vending machine out the front of the restaurant. Then you sit down in individual separated booths around the serving area (see pic). In the booth there is an order form ( provided in English if you need it) where you can customise your ramen. You can customise many things from the hardness of the noodles to the amount of garlic or spice in your ramen. Beginers are recommend to choose medium for everything if they are unsure. If you happen to finish all your noodles and have a heap of soup left over you can order more to enjoy, this is called kaedama and is around 100yen.
The dishes are priced reasonably and the servings are generous at 700 yen a bowl. Be warned though this place is very popular and you may have to que for a while before you get in but it is worth it. In my experience weekdays after 3pm were reasonably quiet. The good thing is they are open 24 hours a day, so you can enjoy ramen at any time!
Ichi Ran has expanded quite a lot recently and has stores all over Fukuoka and even quite a few in Tokyo now. Addresses can be found on their web site but I recommend the one at Canal City because it's in one of the most amazing shopping centres in Japan. The address is 〒 812-0018 Fukuoka city Hakata Ku Sumiyoshi 1-2-22-B1F and you can contact them on 092-263-2201 if you are in the country and speak Japanese.
Oh and the taste...it's rich full flavoured soup is like and angel crying on your tongue...heavanly! But don't take my word for it, go there yourself!
Click here to visit the Ichi-Ran home page.
You may need Babel Fish to translate click here to visit. |
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