The restaurant is located in Kanamecho, only one train stop away from Ikebukuro Station. If you are making your way from JR Ikebukuro Station west exit, walk straight along the main road in the direction of Tokyo Metro Kanamecho Station.
As you enter the restaurant, you will see a vending machine on the left-hand side. Select your order from the machine. Keisuke Shinohara, an owner chef, mans the kitchen while working behind a L-shaped counter with a capacity of 10 people.
After serving as an apprenticeship at the famous Mendokoro Honda, Chef Shinohara opened the restaurant in October 2015. Even before the restaurant started its operation, ramen connoisseurs sought after Chef Shinohara’s bowl of ramen because of his proven ability. His charm lies in his attitude of constantly taking on new challenges; every week he releases a limited edition of the weekly soup. No matter how many times you visit, you can enjoy new flavors.
The restaurant serves two standard ramen soup bases – shoyu (soy sauce) and tai paitan (red snapper paitan) – with your choice of toppings. The signature bowl is Tokusei Shoyu Soba (special soy sauce noodles) with toppings consisting of four different slices of chashu, a seasoned egg, seaweed, komatsuna (mustard spinach), menma (bamboo shoots), green onion, and mitsuba (wild parsley). The amber colored soup is a combination of meat-based soup made with chicken and beef bones and a seafood-based soup made with red sea bream, shellfish, kelp, and dried seaweed. The noodles used are straight and medium-thin.
Tokuniku meshi, rice topped with lightly roasted chashu and thinly sliced scallions, is a popular side dish.
特製醤油そば食べてきました。魚介や動物、野菜の旨味が一杯のスープはコクと深みがあってとても美味しく好きな味。4種のチャーシューも良い感じで満足度が高い一杯。 Quote from Google Map Review
