I would have liked ramen alot better if it doesn't come with the oily pork soup and chashu. The tastebuds don't appreciate it at all. But it's impossible to reject the friends' kind offer in hosting us to dinner, and again, it wasn't polite to say no to their suggestions. We went to a branch of Kouryu in the Komazawa area which serves up Hakata-style tonkotsu ramen.
I do like the broth in the ramen, not to drink it, but to submerge things that I don't want to eat within the murky depths. Kouryu allows customization to your bowl of ramen, including whether you want oil on top of the soup. I opted for ZERO oil. But it was still oily. It must be the fault of the pork bones. What I did, was to have a shitload of spring onions and garlic slices. By golly, it did come with a huge portion of both. Some of the friends didn't want that much spring onions in their regular portions, and scooped them over to me. Kekekkekeke. Wooots. A little bit of noodles and tons of spring onions made for a deliciously crunchy meal.
I liked how customers pay at the machines first and then sit down for their meals. You'll have to be able to read Japanese, or do alot of guessing at the photos and extra ingredients to be added to your chosen bowl. No frills, minimal fuss. It's fairly efficient and a meal will take no more than 15 minutes. Whether it's satisfying, depends on how much you like the pork broth. Quite perfect if the outing doesn't focus on the food per se. For most people, stepping into a ramen shop is simply to fill the stomach.
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Go to Ichiran Ramen pls. You can choose to have the soup with no oil served in it! That's how I like my Ramen too.
yes, I remember how you buried your char siew in the rice, and I wasn't even aware of it till you wrote about it here! Sneaky Imp!
LadyJ: Hmmm....probably not, unless Ichiran has vegetarian options.
Jomel: SHHHHH. That time I did have a teeny taste of it! Kekekkeke.
Just remove the char siew.. you cant opt not to have the char siew.. ;)
LadyJ: we can't, not when the ramen broth is boiled from pork stock. Ichiran doesn't offer shrimp or fish stock. it means half of us in the group can't eat. it also effectively removes japanese jellies from their diet because there's a component of gelatin (animal collagen). So for our vegetarians, we make special requests because miso soups contain daishi and bonito flakes. so if we have a choice and not hosted by anyone, we'll pick vegetarian or pescetarian venues.
Oh I see....
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