Ramen at Honke Daiichi Asahi's main restaurant near Kyoto Station...
Ramen is one of the most popular gourmet foods in Kyoto. Within a 15-minute walk from Kyoto Station, the gateway to Kyoto, there is a fierce competition among a wide variety of ramen restaurants, all of which offer a high level of taste. From long-established stores with lines out the door to popular restaurants with a wealth of individuality, you must try the special ramen of each store to be sure to try it at least once.
[Here you can enjoy the popular tsukemen (dipping noodles) at the main store of Mensho Takamatsu in the Kyoto Station Building. The special brown buckwheat-like noodles are made from whole wheat flour ground with a stone mill in Nagano Prefecture. The smooth, thin noodles are perfectly intertwined with the dipping sauce made from chicken and seafood. Please refer to the recommended way of eating the noodles posted in the restaurant, and enjoy changing the taste by adding onion, sudachi or black shichimi (seven spice flavors).
Kyoto Senmaru Shakariki] is known as a pioneer of Kyoto tsukemian. This store uses the sub-name [murasaki], which is associated with the noble color "kyomurasaki" and the precious "oshoyu" (soy sauce). The basic soup is made from broth made from dried Kyoto-style niboshi and chicken, with a homemade sauce made from aged shoyu. The noodles are custom-ordered from the long-established noodle factory in Kyoto, Men-ya He-e. After enjoying the live kitchen atmosphere at the counter, enjoy the Kyoto ramen filled with the delicious flavors of the mountains and the sea.
Kyoto Ramen Kenkyujo was opened in 2004 by the owner, Nobuo Tagawa, who wanted to "modernize the traditional Kyoto ramen". The main attraction of the ramen lineup is that it is unlike any other, including "ramen that won't make you thirsty," "ramen that has no foul smell," and "miso style ramen that doesn't use miso. The lab's painstaking attention to detail, which includes changing the soup and noodles for each menu item, raises expectations for the results of future research.
The chicken and pork bone broth, which the two owners have perfected through trial and error, has a punchy, addictive flavor. [The thin, straight noodles are a perfect match. In addition to the chicken and pork bone broth, there are four other types of noodles: Shio Hakyu, Spicy Nin, and Chashu-men. The juicy fried chicken is also a popular item on the menu, and is a great place to visit when you want a quick drink as well as to finish off a night of drinking.
Shinpuku Sankan started out as a Chinese noodle stall in 1938 and has since expanded nationwide. It is one of the most famous restaurants in the history of ramen in Kyoto. The main store is visited not only by locals but also by fans from all over the country, with lines forming from the time the store opens at 9:00 a.m. The distinctive feature of the ramen is the dark-colored Chinese noodle soup. The original soy sauce broth is simple but has a lingering taste that makes you want to eat it again and again. The fried rice, which has many fans, must be ordered together with the Chinese noodles.
Kaita Kaitamen opened in the Kyoto Station area in the fall of 2021, and is a ramen restaurant that is easy to enter even for a woman alone. The restaurant boasts of its shellfish broth called "shellfish white soup" made with a lot of shellfish and flat noodles made with Yumechikara, a Hokkaido wheat, to hold the soup together. It is also recommended to eat the lightly seasoned shellfish used in the soup with rice with the soup poured over the rice.
Honke Daiichi-Asahi Honten" was established shortly after the end of World War II and has been welcoming people at the entrance to Kyoto. The lines that form early in the morning can be said to be a Kyoto specialty. The ramen is pork-based and soy sauce-flavored, and the soup is made by cooking it in a short period of time to extract only the flavor, which goes well with the medium-thick noodles made from a blend of several flours and aged to dryness. The noodles are made by Kondo Seimen, the soy sauce by Gokou Soy Sauce, and the kujo onions and mung bean sprouts are also from Kyoto. It is truly a bowl of condensed local delicacies.
The owner, Mr. Aji, opened his restaurant out of his hobby of eating ramen. He makes ramen without chemical seasonings based on the concept of "ramen that can be eaten by the whole family. By slowly cooking pork bones and removing them at the best time, he creates a soup that looks as beautiful as miso soup. It is then topped with holo holo grilled pork, kujo leeks, and bean sprouts. This light and simple ramen, which does not use back fat, will fill your stomach and your heart.
This is a sister restaurant of the popular ramen restaurant "Menya Yuko," and has created its own unique ramen while inheriting the flavor of the popular ramen restaurant. They are particular about their soup arrangements, such as Madake, which has a stronger Japanese flavor with dried bonito flakes, and Kurochiku, which has the added flavor of mackerel, sardines, and bonito. The medium-thick noodles, which are made every morning in the restaurant's own noodle mill, are made with whole wheat flour and have a savory flavor and an impressive firmness that is as strong as the soup itself. Limited edition toppings such as hana-katsuo (dried bonito) and homemade spicy chives are also not to be missed.
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