We're at Yokohama Minato Mirai Station
And we want to go to the Ramen Museum
It seems not all the attractions in Yokohama are that close together
So we're having to get a train there
And we also need to change trains on the way
Can you hear the seagull sound effects?
Normally at stations in Tokyo
They have bird sound effects
To tell you it's the bottom of the
escalator
And here because we're by the sea
It's got seagulls instead
We're just walking to the ramen museum
Which isn't so much a museum
It's more a load of ramen stalls
So you can try ramen from different parts of Japan
And different parts of the world
And they do small servings
So you can try lots of them if you want to
And there's also a couple of them
That have vegetarian options
I think we're in the right place
For some reason there's a big scalectrix
This is famous ramen restaurants around the world
Scotland's got Bone Daddies
Here's my ticket
It's decorated like an old town
It's actually a pretty good atmosphere
Even though everything's fake!
There's an english guide
Which tells you the different outlets
And what ramen you can get at them
You order from a vending machine
Here's my ticket
I'm having a half portion of vegetarian ramen
We've ordered our first ramen
You can order a half size so you can eat more different sorts of ramen
I've gone for the vegetarian ramen
And everyone else has tonkotsu
Here's my vegetarian ramen
It actually looks exactly the same
As the meat ramens
But the waitress said it was vegetarian
It's got some seaweed
Some other vegetables
Some spring onions
The sauce is really garlic-y
And mine's got
I think it's some sort of fake meat
I hope it's fake meat
Instead of the pork
Which is really good
That the vegetarian one's so similar to the meat version
The ramen we just had was
Tonkotsu ramen
From Kumamoto in Kyushu
Which explains why they had Kumamon everywhere
Kampai!
They're serving Orion beer
Which is the beer from Okinawa
Which is quite difficult to find in Tokyo
How is it?
Nice
Good review Phil!
Now you've had half a pint
How's the Orion?
It's alright
You can dot this clips through the video
Then eventually in the end, there's a full review
Have you guys got any insightful comments
On the Orion?
I think it tastes lighter than other Japanese beers
It almost tastes citrus-y
Almost like grapefruit
It's quite nice
It's really nice and light and crisp
It reminds me a little bit of Sapporo
In the kind of lightness that it has
But you're right, it has some citrus in it
They're showing old style wrestling over there
I'm feeling pretty full up actually
That half size portion was pretty big
But we're going to try and make 2 or 3 ramens
Not english
Here's the english menu
We're going down an old street
Ramen number 2: Shio Salt Ramen
And again, you order on a vending machine
This place doesn't have a half portion of the vegetarian one
So I'm just going to get a full portion this time
We're using up all our change
I'll probably cut this bit
No, this is gold
Solid gold
And the vegetarian ramen
There's my ticket, which you give to the waiter inside
Salt and soy sauce ramen
A careful selection of ingredients
For an exquisite concentration of umami flavours in every bowl
There's icons to show which ones have vegetarian options
And gyoza
And there's also non-pork options available
Here's my vegetarian one
The sauce looks completely different from the last place
It's clearer
It looks quite thick actually
This place specialises in salt and soy sauce ramen
Phil's got soy sauce ramen
Chop's got the same
And Rachel's got the salt ramen
It does taste quite salty
It's got more of a Chinese sort of flavour
Maybe because of the beansprouts
And it's pretty light
I'm so full up now!
We're just having a drink
In the middle
We're having an Okinawan guava sours
While the guys are having ramen number 3
I could no way manage that
Phil went for ramen number 3
Which one did you have
I don't know!
Without the leaflet
It was the one that had a...
Tuna - well, tuna was part of the broth
Along with pork and chicken I think?
It was good!
I think it was my favourite of all of them
I don't quite know why
It was a little bit richer
It's weird because I always thought I like the tonkotsu pork bone ramen
more
And that's what I was looking forward to most
But this third one
Was a soy-based one aswell
And it was really good
I liked the first one the best
Although if I'd seen the two side by side
I wouldn't have picked it
Because I thought the white-looking soup looked kind of weird
But it actually had the best taste
And actually this is a really nice place to sit
And have a drink
When I first heard about it
And how it's old style I thought it
Would be quite tacky
And fake
But it's actually a really nice atmosphere
It is a little bit fake
It is fake
But it's actually really nice in here
I imagine if it was more crowded it'd be a bit of a problem
But we've been here - a couple of hours?
Yeah
And it's really good
Highly recommended
And the restaurants are all proper restaurants
You'd expect it might be like a food court
And not very good quality food
But they're all individual restaurants
On their own
With their own chefs
And the food's been really good!
And I'd say the mini bowls
The first place we had
Was actually quite a giant mini bowl
Yeah!
The other 2 places were smaller
But still
A good size meal
I reckon you could have one of them and be pretty happy
Three of them, I'm very happy!
Quite full
Very full up now!
Tried a few different ramens
I think if you lived round here
You can get a 6 month season pass
Which would be really good
Because then you could just come along whenever you want
And try a few ramens
It was good to try different sorts
Because sometimes you order ramen
And there's just one option
And it's quite surprising how different the different ramens were
What do you guys think?
I had 4 beers and 3 ramens
So I had a great time
I enjoyed the garlic tonkotsu ramen
Yeah the garlic was good
The mini bowls were a great idea
So you can have loads of different types
They should be a bit more mini though!
I could have done with a little bit smaller
I had three and a bit
And that is a lot
of food
The work lights are like fairy lights!
Can you see the guy on the screen?
There's a couple of these vending machines around
Where you get a screen
A touch screen
Instead of seeing a window
You can pay with your Suica card
I've seen a couple of snack stalls
Where you can pay with your Suica card as well
There's banana milk
And corn soup
Let's vitamin!