Ramen! (1)

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Speaking of ramen, there are many ramen restaurant in Japan. Of course, ramen is Chinese noodle, but various cooking ideas have been added, now I think ramen become a Japanese dish. There are various types of ramen all over Japan, and there also is Ramen Museum in Shinyokohama ( http://www.raumen.co.jp/ramen/ )! In the museum, various popular ramen shops are collected from all over Japan. Most important difference of these ramens is soup. In general, there are four kinds of soup - 'shouyu'(soy), 'shio'(salt), 'miso'(soy-bean paste) and 'tonkotsu'( pork belly and bones). (I love 'tonkotu' most.) In addition, noodles also have variety in material, stiffness, thickness and so on. Of course, ingredient has unlimited variety. So there exist various taste of ramen, and always ramen fan are looking for new taste and argue with each other about what ramen is the best now. There are many ramen ranking in the media, and of course, we know various 'ranking' can exist because the people have different taste.( And important know-how to make popular ramen restaurant is said to offering ramen, which is liked by everybody so so, but loved passionately with some people.) We would like to introduce some famous ramen restaurants, which I have ate befored.

Tenkaippin †

When I was a unversity student, I was a ice hockey player. We players always thought to eat something highly nourishing at cheap price. Our favorite ramen was Tenkaippin. Now their restaurants exist all over Japan, but its first restaurant was began in Kyoto, and there was a restaurant near our university. Feature of their ramen is richness of their soup. It seemed to be a kind of tonkotsu, but we felt they gave lots of energy to us - as if we could play one more game imediately, even if we were completely tired with long practice. I have ate this ramen most often - now one restaurant exist near our office! So I knew well about them. I have read that - the owner lost money(becase he was fired or failed his business) and began ramen cart in Kyoto. His ramen became popular soon, and now he has more than 200 restaurants all over Japan. He said that a man came to him and ask him to teach how to make his rich taste soup. The man offered to pay hundred million yen! The owner let him know the know-how of making his soup conversely, but he don't know how the man did with this secret. Don't you think it is interesting story?

Official site http://tenkaippin.co.jp/pcindex.html

They have a restaurant in Hawaii.

617 Kapahulu Avenue Honolulu , Hawaii 96815

Kamukura †

I didn't know this famous ramen till few days ago. This ramen shop was began in Dotonbori, Osaka, and became popular soon, and now it became most famous Osaka-born ramen. Now they have 18 restaurants in Osaka, Nara and Tokyo. I know this ramen in many ramen ranking site, and beame eagar to eat soon. I went to Shinsaibashi shop several days ago, and tasted. Its soup is comparatively plain, and napa is added. I don't like napa, so unfortunately, I didn't feel this ramen was so delicious. However, this ramen shop is very popular and has lots of fan as sure as I'm standing here.

Official site http://www.kamukura.co.jp/store/index.html

Hakata Ippudo †

If I must say my favorite ramen now, I will select Hakata Ippudo. Here are many shops all over Japan and they opened a shop in New York last year. This ramen restaurant was began in Hakata in 1985. Their tonkotsu soup ramen was dramatically delicious, and store interior was also very sophisticated - lots of wood was used, jazz records were played and warm service was served, and their shop became very popular among also ladies. I ate several times in Kyoto shop, but now we don't have photos. In future, we would like to add some photos. If you live near New York, please visit and try their ramen! http://www.ippudo.com/ny/

Official site http://www.ippudo.com/index.html

Rairaitei †

Rairaite is also ramen chain restaurant. Compared to above three restaurants, they are not so famous, but I love this ramen shop. One of the restaurants is near our office, and their parking is always crowded with cars. Till I visited several days ago ( I went there with Mugi after we visited Nissin Ramen Museum), I wondered why this ramen shop was so popular. The mystery was solved. The ramen itself was delicious of course. The passion and service of the restaurant manager makes this shop very special and popular. Except for Hakata Ippudo, we can't expect good service in the most of the popular and famous ramen restaurants. They seem to concentrate on the taste of ramen, and don't pay enough attention to the customers. Usually, we buy tickets from a machine, and are directed to sit in the most efficient seat ( not most comfortable - most efficient table for their business), and served - it's the all.

However, at this restaurant, a member of staff came out from the door, and asked us to wait with an apology. He was smiling at waiting customers, and cared for all of us including the boys. Our turn came, and he led us to the seat and apologised to us about sharing the table. Staff of the restaurant were cheerful, and all of them seem to care for the customers - if a customer was going to pay, a member of staff in the kitchen attracted the attention of a member of staff near the customer. From his name badge , we knew the member of staff who led us was the manager of the restaurant. He was not in the kitchen, but at the front of the customer service, and looked out for all customers.

He must feel that once the cooking method is established, the most important thing is caring customers.

I would like to write again, their ramen is VERY delicious, and visiting this restaurant makes us HAPPY.

Official page http://www.rairaitei.co.jp/index2.html

This is a sign written by the manager. Customers can ask to change the volume of topping, sauce, stiffnenss of the noodle and so on, but the last sentence says ' Passion Can Not Be Removed/Changed'.

Information †

There are many restaurants of these four ramen company. So we can't introduce all of them, and we marked some of them, which can be easily accessed.

• Tenkaippin Sohonten -
• Tenkaippin Ginkakuji -
• Tenkaippin Gion -
• Tenkaippin Chioninmae -
• Kamukura Doutonbori -
• Kamukura Sennichimae -
• Kamukura Shinsaibashi -
• Ippudo Kyoto -
• Ippudo Umeda -
• Rairaitei Tondabayashi -

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