I heard that Ramen Street has opened at Tokyo Station, so I will stop by.
I thought Ramen Street had been opened recently,
but it was opened in 2009.
8 of Tokyo's leading ramen restaurants are here.
I'd like to try the miso ramen.
Tsujita opened as a pork bone and seafood broth Tsukemen restaurant,
but this one specializes in miso ramen.
I heard that Tsujita also has a location in Sawtelle, Los Angeles.
I was in Los Angeles in 2013,
and I believe I drove by this area.
The staff led me to a seat at the far end, where there was no one else.
Good job, to the staff, for making it so easy to take videos!
Yes, miso ramen. Please wait a moment.
I ordered the basic Miso Ramen with Ajitama, a seasoned egg.
You can also add toppings
and adjust the firmness of the noodles and amount of oil to your liking.
The miso ramen has arrived!
It looks so colorful and delicious!
The toppings include slightly sweetened menma, chopped chashu pork,
green onions, seasoned boiled egg, and original chashu pork.
The noodles are specially-made curly noodles ordered from a noodle shop in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
The noodles will hold the soup well.
The soup uses chicken bones and seafood,
and it is a white miso-based broth blended with several types of miso.
The original pork chashu, made by marinating pork belly in sauce, looks very tender!
The chashu pork is thick!
So tender and delicious!
It's been simmered for a long time.
The seasoned egg is perfectly cooked!
This time I had the basic miso ramen,
but they have also spicy miso ramen and richer miso ramen.
It was a rich miso ramen with a broth like Tonkotsu, pork bone broth.
The pork chashu was thick and tasty.
It is very convenient to have all these ramen shops in one place at Tokyo Station.
I'm sure I'll visit it again.
Since I came so close, I came back to Tokyo Ramen Street.
Today I would like to try the Veggie Soba or Veggie Ramen from SORANOIRO NIPPON,
which I have been curious about for a while.
I hear SORANOIRO is based on the concept of
"A ramen store that ladies would be able to freely come eat alone", so it's perfect for me!
I see they have Special Veggie Soba and Veggie Soba.
This?
Today I came in the afternoon when it is not busy, so there seems to be few customers.
Lucky for me, it's easy to shoot!
Yes, please.
Any seat you like. Eh?
Any seat you like. Hai. Hai.
The interior is stylish, like a café.
It's nice to be able to enjoy ramen in a cool place like this during the hot season.
It's a little hard for my age to walk around and eat in the hot weather.
I wonder if my camera is working.
Here comes Veggie Soba!
It has sweet potato, broccoli, cherry tomato, cabbage,
carrot, fried lotus root chips,
rolled barley mixed with basil paste, and seasoned egg.
Look at this. It looks delicious.
Hot, freshly made, and colorful.
I was surprised at the orange color of the noodles.
I hear bell peppers are added to the noodles.
The noodles are flat noodles with a rectangular cross-section.
They are gooey and chewy, and able to hold the soup well.
This Veggie Soba is quite different from ordinary ramen.
It is not vegan ramen since butter is used in the soup,
but it is delicious with lots of vegetables and umami.
The cabbage is cooked in the soup.
The thinly sliced sweet potato is also sweet and goes well with the soup.
Can so many vegetables really go well with the ramen?
I had a negative thought that it might just be boiled vegetables,
but I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was wrong.
All of the vegetables are in perfect harmony with the noodles, and they are wonderful!
The fried lotus root chips are rich and have a pleasant texture.
They are well calculated.
You can taste the sweetness of the vegetables.
The rolled barley with the basil paste has a delightful crunchy texture,
and the aroma of basil adds variety to the soup.
They say the soup is a carrot potage.
It is thick so the noodles hold it well.
It is made from veggie broth packed with the delicious flavor of various vegetables.
You can enjoy a different taste by dissolving the spicy miso in the soup.
There is also a cheese risotto that you can order exclusively for Veggie Soba,
and my favorite Sui Gyoza (boiled gyoza).
I drank all the soup!
I usually drink very little because I take too much salt.
I was surprised that they could make such delicious ramen
without using any animal-based dashi stock.
If you don't like rich ramen, you should give it a try.
It was delicious.
Bye bye.