After three incredible weeks in Japan exploring and eating so much amazing
food sadly it's our very last day and we thought we'd celebrate our last day with
a mini ramen crawl so that's ramen for breakfast, lunch and dinner
First stop ramen at Yashichi
We're starting our Osaka ramen crawl at Yashichi to try their chicken broth shoyu flavoured
ramen, oh my god it looks so good.
That broth is so infused with chicken flavor so these guys add extra
cartilage and extra chicken skin to their broth and they just simmer it for hours and
hours and that chicken flavor is just so strong
so the ramen comes with the noodles obviously, a slice of cha shu which is pork
thats been simmered in a mirin and soy. There's diced onion, spring onion and half
a soft-boiled egg which has the perfect yolk I'm going to get in and try the noodles
they're quite thick, they look so bouncy
the perfect texture, still a little bit chewy and that quite thick, milky broth just coats them
this is the perfect start to our ramen crawl in Osaka.
I'm gonna go straight in and try the broth, it's formed a bit of a skin on top like a gravy would
Oh my god, I just dribbled because this is so good. Think of the best roast chicken you've
ever had, think of the next best roast chicken you've ever had and the next best
one put them all together so you've got all the different flavors and oh my
gosh it's so rich, it's got a perfect saltiness this is the best breakfast I
could ever, ever dream of having. I think we need to stop filming and just get
into this because we can't let this go to waste
they say you have seven minutes before your ramen's kind of past its best our clock is
ticking way too fast
so this is the chicken broth ramen but it's been flavoured with
shoyu which is soy sauce and like Thomas says it is insane. Yashichi is often
voted as the best ramen in Osaka and I can totally see why
it is just wild. We got the tip to come here from mate BKK Fatty, check out his
channel up there we'll link it up above and while you're there
subscribe to us if you're enjoying our content. This is how I felt about that
ramen in a dance. That was so good. Ramen for lunch time Mitsukabozu
for their miso ramen
I have ordered the Osaka style miso ramen, the broth is a lot lighter
than the first one that we had, it looks really stunning. Mmmm that miso flavour is
so strong, so miso is fermented bean paste and
you can really taste it in that broth so my ramen has got pieces of cha shu which
is sliced pork belly, tendrils of spring onion, some sprouts, the noodles
and I've also been given a little bit more miso if I want to make it a bit stronger, some
peas which I'm just going to add and I think this is seaweed so I'm going to add that too. I've got to try some of
these noodles
Mmm again, perfect bite, there's so much chew in the noodles. I love a firm noodle
and that broth is so light but so packed with flavour. It is stunning. I've gone with a Kyoto
style white miso broth I'm going to go straight in and try the broth it looks
so thick oh wow. If you've ever had a miso soup very very
common at a Japanese restaurant this is like a really punchy miso soup it's
got strangely a little bit of spiciness going on in there, just coats your mouth
wow that is so deep and rich in its flavor. I'm going to have to get some
noodles because they're just coated in that broth
there's also spring onions in here, pork or cha shu, I got a egg with mine because I
have to always have an egg with ramen it's not ramen for me without the
egg, let's try these noodles and remember you can slurp
oh my god they're like silky smooth, coated thick thick coating from that
broth. Wow. it also came with these balls on a
stick, I don't know what they are, oh one just fell off
but I'll try this one, maybe it's pork?
I think it's pork, it tastes kind of gingery
yea it must be pork, that's a nice little addition, I've never seen that in
a ramen before. There's also some bamboo one big piece hiding under here,
actually it might be a mushroom gonna try it. Mmm it's a mushroom so a bit of funghi in
there. This is an absolute joy. Remember
as Thomas said, it is almost mandatory to slurp your ramen so it
cools down the ramen, it enhances the flavor of the broth and it shows your
appreciation. And you just feel so good slurping because it is so delicious
my bowl is just layer upon layer of freshness even though miso ramen
originated in Hokkaido where they needed a heavier broth because it was cold in
that region this, it tastes like spring to me because I've just found some lemon
rind so it's adding that citrus tang to the broth, I've got the fresh peas, I've got spring
onion which is just so crisp and tender. I am a loving this miso style.
we both loved our miso ramen it was so fresh, so light, full of flavor
Osaka's ramen game is epic so we are kicking goals today. The
name of that restaurant is a little bit muddled so we'll pop details below.
We couldn't finish our Osaka ramen crawl with anything other than a bowl of
tonkotsu ramen
we're at Muteppou to try their crazy thick tonkotsu
ramen and holy moly, the broth is so thick it's like a gravy. It is nuts, I can't wait to try it.
It is. It's like a gravy. So tonkotsu ramen is where the broth is made out of pork bones
that have been boiled for hours and hours. This is just killer it is
honestly I can't tell you, there's actually bits of meat in the broth
these noodles are crazy thick they're just coated in the broth
remember to slurp because that cools the noodles, enhances the flavour. I can't tell
you how crazy good this broth is. I've added loads of spring onion
because you can choose the level of spring onion you want I ordered heaps. I've added
an egg, you can choose the al dente-ness of the noodles, so I ordered hard noodles because
I don't want it to sit in the broth too long and get soft. Holy moly this is nuts.
I've ordered exactly the same dish as Sheena, one thing she didn't intention is that
you can also choose how thick you want your broth. There were three steps we went for
the richest and thickest broth. So I'm just going to try the broth because oh
it's so thick. It's really sweet it's not as rich as I was
anticipating actually it's really sweet hmm it's totally like a gravy like
Sheena said but less fatty and oily tasting, it's super interesting
I think what we're finding when we have this style of ramen is we have to add
things to bring it up to the flavor that we really want to get and I think there's some
ginger and some pickled vege with some chilli and stuff here on the table
there's sesame seeds, I'm going to add some condiments and
then wolf this bowl back.
I've added a whole lot of this pickled vegetable which has chlili
through it and it's really ramped up the spice levels
of the tonkotsu ramne which I love. I've also added pickled ginger which really
gives it a bit of a tang and just cuts through the thickness of the broth this is
one delicious and it's going to be a really satisfying bowl of tonkotsu ramen
And we are totally ramen-ed out. What a day! We're going to rank them I think
Well, I'm going to. Do you want to rank em? Yep. Okay for me very simple, number one, number two
number three in the order we had them number one and number two clearly out
front, clearly. Number three was caught in the race tying its shoelaces you know,
chatting with the crowd just came up the rear didn't really care about the win
not so good still great yep but those first two blew my mind. They were life-changing
like that first bowl at Yashichi especially, I'm going to be dreaming
about that bowl of ramen for the next God knows how long. That's the sort of dish
that we and we've done this we would travel from anywhere in the world to a
country or a city for some food and we have done it and we would do it again
for that particular bowl of ramen because- unbelievably good. Incredible-
what a way to start the day and we are now chock-a-block having finished the
day of ramen so I think we need to head home to bed. Collapse
Coma out. I have my hands on my tummy right now I feel like my tummy is about four
inches further out than it was this morning. I've got the food sweats going
on. What a day remember all details below
for those restaurants so you can try them if you want to, so worth it thank
you so much for watching we hope we've inspired
you to eat and explore like a traveler, not a tourist. Sayonara!