“A violent mixture of meat, fats, and sugar.”
Ramen and anime are at the moment having fun with unprecedented heights of recognition across the globe, and on the identical time Japan is seeing report numbers of inbound worldwide vacationers. So there are a few ramen eating places in Tokyo’s otaku district of Akihabara the place you possibly can often see lengthy strains of international vacationers ready to get in.
A number of of them, like Kyushu Jangara within the photograph above, are literally chains that simply occur to have a department in Akihabara. However as he was strolling by means of the neighborhood the opposite day, our Japanese-language reporter P.Ok. Sanjun noticed a line of international vacationers stretching from the doorway of a comparatively new unbiased ramen joint.
Kitaro (seen above) has been in enterprise for lower than half a yr, having opened its doorways in Might. If it’s already attracting crowds, although, P.Ok. figured they have to be doing one thing proper, so he bought in line to attempt it for himself.
It’s frequent for ramen eating places in Japan to proudly announce what sub-genre of the dish they concentrate on, both as a part of the restaurant’s official identify or someplace on its signage. In Kitaro’s case, they invoice themselves as serving “kotteri abura ramen,” or “heavy fatty ramen.” That’s probably meant as an outline of the broth the noodles are served in, however as P.Ok. bought nearer to the doorway and bought a take a look at the menu posted outdoors, he noticed that Kitaro allows you to go heavy and high-calorie with toppings too as his eyes had been drawn to the Tenkomori ramen.
1,450 yen (US$10.35) will get you a bowl of noodles in Kitaro’s heavy fatty broth, slices of chashu roast pork, a supplementary massive chunk of much more chashu, and, pako, a deep-fried pork sparerib cutlet, plus a boiled egg, inexperienced onion, and bamboo shoots. Oh, and the Tenkomori ramen comes normal with an extra-large portion of noodles, as a result of there’s no means anybody’s ordering this with out an extra-large urge for food.
P.Ok. wasn’t the one one whose consideration was grabbed by the Tenkomori both. All three of the international clients who had been in line straight forward of him requested for it, and when it was P.Ok’s flip to order, he made it 4 in a row.
Even after seeing the menu photograph, P.Ok. couldn’t suppress a sense of giddy shock on the triple-helping of pork positioned earlier than him. Wanting on the broth, there was a lot flavorful fats floating in it that it appeared like freshly fallen snow.
And it tastes precisely prefer it appears: wealthy, decadent, and really, very filling. The thick, curvy noodles present a dense supply of carbs, and there’s nowhere to run from intense flavors in each chew or sip.
Add in a component of sweetness from the sparerib seasoning, and P.Ok. describes the Tenkomori consuming expertise as:
“A violent mixture of meat, fats, and sugar.”
That’s not a criticism, thoughts you. The violence Tenkomori unleashes in your style buds is of the extremely pleasurable and entertaining type, like watching an motion film or professional wrestling match (additionally issues P.Ok. could be very keen on). It’s not a mild meal, by any stretch of the creativeness or abdomen, but it surely’s one P.Ok. is glad to have had.
Restaurant data
Kitaro / きたろう
Tackle: Tokyo-to, Chiyoda-ku, Sotokanda 3-4-16
東京都千代田区外神田3-4-16
Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
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