M: We're here in Suidobashi Tokyo, Japan.
S:And we're gonna take you for some "OG" style ramen
Chuka Soba, at katsumoto.
Come let's go, you're gonna love thisss.
M: Okay let's talk chuka soba. I am positive
that a lot of you guys have never even heard of this phrase before.
S: Mmm mm, you always think of tonkotsu ramen, right
you think of miso ramen,
you think of shoyu ramen which is like a soya sauce,
and you think of shio ramen, which is salt ramen
but a lot of people don't really think about chuka soba,
M: exactly, which is such a shame. Cause it is as we
mentioned before, the "OG", the vintage,
some of the most original ramen that exist in Japan.
S: Now don't get confused with the word soba,
when you're thinking soba you're of that
probably thinking of that nihatsu soba from that video we did a while ago
M: Oh yeah from that buckwheat noodles.
S: So chuka soba just means like chinese noodle
It's an old way of saying it
Now they pretty much call it ramen
but still like if you want that kind of like vintage-y feel
people call it chuka soba.
M: Now although this is kind of like chinese style ramen,
it shouldn't be mistaken as being chinese ramen.
S: And I know you might be thinking, "Oh if I'm in Japan
and I only wanna eat Japanese food but kind of
think about it, remember when we did a video about
jajangmyeon and korea.
Jajangmyeon is a staple of korean food now
Even though it's inspired by chinese food,
if you avoid jajangmyeon,
you're missing out a huge part of korean food culture.
If you skip out on chuka soba,
you're not a ramen hardcore fan.
You're not a ramen otaku,
you're a poser.
You need to eat chuka soba in order to get the
real ramen experience.
Hi, I'm Kenoji Matsumura.
And *err*, I'm a chief here at Katsumoto.
The soya sauce ramen is considered like the
origin of ramen in Japan.
So, it's very light yet it's very flavourful.
We put a lot of *ahh* ingredients so,
fish, chicken, pork, also kelps.
Each one has like a slight flavour
so you can enjoy the mixture of many flavours.
*Haha*
M: Now there are a lot of options to choose from
at this amazing restaurant.
S:I'm getting the toku sei ramen,
which is pretty much the deluxe version
and it has extra toppings of everything
because I'm big and I'm hungry
and I've been smelling this ramen as they've been
cooking it and I really wanna eat as much of it as I can.
Things that I want people to know about ramen,
M: Go for it. S: Erm it's delicious
M: Yes. S: I wanna eat it everyday.
M: Yes. S: And I don't wanna get fat from eating it everyday.
M: That's not gonna happen.
OMG, I just got an extra whiff of like
some kind of porky chicken magic happening
Salivation
My, my chest is tingling *wot simon??*
Our ramen senses are "What's that??"
M: "There's ramen nearby" S: oooooh
M: OMG it's coming S: Okay *breathing heavily*
M: Hai
M: Arigato gozaimasu S: Look at that boi
M: *sighs*
S: It's always really hard to shoot a ramen video
because noodles expand if you wait for too long
M: Yeah S: so you just gotta go right in.
M: The top layer of the broth has like a thin shin
of oil on top of it.
*Simon's just groaning in the back*
But it's not so thick like a tonkatsu ramen
M: Ah the colours are dense. S: There we go.
I like you to drink the soup first
cause the soup is the part of the ramen
that most of the thought and the time goes into
S: Oh boi M: Oh my god
M: That is fantastic
when you have a tonkatsu ramen,
sometimes it's so thick and oily,
that you can't really finish it.
S: Mhmm M: But this one has that lightness
of like a shoyu, like of a soya sauce ramen
S: Cause I don't usually like shoyu ramens
because I just find them a bit too bland
I think the oilness of this really gives me
that tonkatsu flavour that I really like. M: Yeah
M: Well its got, you know, pork in it
as well as chicken, as well as fish.
So it's like everything coming together.
*Slurping all that goodness*
Eat the ramen by slurping it
while eating ramen,
it is like the the best way
to get the proper balance between
*er* soup and the noodle
and *er* also it's considered like the
traditional way to eat it.
S: Also these are thinner noodles, M: Mhmm
S: than usual
M: Mmmmm S: This is exactly how I like my noodles.
M: Mhmm S: I don't want my noodles to be too soft
M: This is how I like my noodles too though
M: Oh this is fantastic S:Mmm
S: I think this is the first time I thoroughly enjoy
the shoyu base
It's like a really dark consume
M: Mmm S: so you have the oiliness on your lips
M: Mhmm S: But you feel the taste on the side of tongue more
M: You have this kind of like salty
but then kind of like a sweet flavour in the background.
S: I've had ramen with fish broth in it,
and the fish can be very overwhelming at times
M: Mhmm mhmm
S: But this right here, the fish isn't in the foreground
it's like a background.
All I wanna say is DEEP
M: You're not gonna say depthy?
S: Everything is mad deep son, no
M: Okay so the basic ramen comes with senju onion
which is like a green onion that is from the Kanto region.
S: Yeah M: Bamboo shoots, menma,
It comes with 2 different kinds of pork in it
So you got the shoulder roast char siew
and also the pork back rib char siew.
S: I can't believe how soft this meat is
you don't even need teeth
you can just mush this against the roof of your mouth
with your tongue like cotton candy.
M: And it also comes naruto
which I know people out there are being like
"you mean the anime guy?"
with the little squiggle on his forehead
And it also comes with a soft boiled egg.
*insert food porn music*
M: Ohhhh yeah ooooooo
S: Now the key to your eggs
is supposed to cut it in half vertically
not horizontally, so you have 2 equal halves, M: Mmm
S: and then you gotta leave it in the broth
so the inside yoke can warm up.
Cause now, its nice and gooey, warm
If you just bite your egg right away it's gonna be a little
bit cold but this is perfect now.
M: Oh man fantastic
S: You know I thought this was gonna be
an informative video in which we talk about chuka soba
but like I really like this
M: You are wronnggg
S: I really like this, this is me fangirling over really good ramen.
We are located in a business district
so during rush hour or lunch time
we get *er* mostly business men
on weekends, we get like ramen manor
those who read ramen magazines
and they come here to enjoy and taste our ramen.
M: I'm like a huge advocate of people trying out
different types of ramen.
To think that you've tried one and you like
understand ramen which you absolutely don't. S: Nooo, yup
M: Every place has its own little special way
to make things, its own way to make noodles.
If you're in Tokyo,
Tokyo has a Tokyo style of ramen, right?
And when we went to Fukuoka, Fukuoka has its own style
So don't just go to one place and say
you know, "Oh I've tried it and its all the same"
Absolutely not, you need to make like a bucket list
and be like "I'm gonna come try chuka soba when I come to Tokyo"
"I'm gonna have this amazing ramen with its awesome broth
with all of its super -
Oh wow you just when ahead and finished it all before me.
S: Told you I came here hungry girl. M: *pouts*
S: I had to take off my jacket cause I'm getting
a little sweaty no matter how happy I am. M: Oh boi
S: But the thing I like about this is that
this is salary men's style ramen.
This isn't some fancy hoidy twidy?? ramen
with boiles and like weird trendy music happening
This is an nostalgia, the grandma's grandma's home cooked
comfort food ramen.
I wish my grandma made ramen like this.
Wish I had a grandma. M: Aww, kinda just got sad.
M: The thing that I also liked about this ramen
is that like chuka soba has that feeling of like homemade
M: Did you just S: Yeah M: steal my ramen? S: Yeah
M: in the middle of an important conversation that I was having?
S: I just wanna make sure if we had the same style of
ramen I think because I had more meat in mine,
it has a more meaty flavour. M: I see
S: That is my observation, wait I had more seaweed in mine
let me test the seaweed in that
M: Well, I'm freaking stuffed.
S: I'm warm, can I take off my shirt as well? How about my pants?
M: I don't think you can, too sexy
S: Salary men should be allowed to take off their pants
at a ramen restaurant, you need to feel
the comfort of home.
M: So guys I'm just gonna say,
if you come here to Tokyo, or if you live here already
you cannot say that you love ramen
without having chuka soba
The "OG" of ramen, of the ramen world if you will.
S: That being like saying you like ice cream,
and never having vanilla ice cream
You have to try vanilla ice cream
M: I guess that makes sense.
S: Right? M: Yeah
S: So if you want directions on
how to come to katsumoto and have the chuka soba,
we left them below, in the link in our info box
so make sure you click on that
M: We're gonna have to eat more here,
I think we need to take all the different options in the menu
and we should just do it for science
Let's pop outside and go to the vending machine
and get more tickets.
S: You go and I'm gonna finish up your broth
cause you haven't
M: Okay, I'm gonna go get some more tickets, okay?
2 more? Mmm yeah
S: Damn, holy *baaaahh*
That's really *bahhhh* good. Really *bahhh* good
Wow
Hoho, you thought this video will end without a
SEXY FOOD PORN VOICE OVER,
WELL YOU ARE MISTAKEN
GET THOSE HEADPHONES IN
CAUSE IMMA EMBARRASS YOU
BY LETTING EVERYONE KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING
RAMEN, THAT'S RIGHT
YOU'RE WATCHING RAMEN AND YOU'RE NOT ASHAMED OF IT
LOOK AT THE WAY IT LIFTS OUT OF THAT BROTH
OOOOOOOO
I CAN JUST WATCH THAT ALL DAY
AND PUT THAT EGG IN MY MOUTH