I've looked up a place on the internet
that's a ramen shop
that does excellent ramen
And it has a vegetarian option
And the stock is completely vegetarian
Someone checked and it doesn't even contain dashi
And they have vegetable gyoza as well
Which is quite unusual to find here in Tokyo
It's in the Yodobashi Camera building
here in Akihabara
And it should be on the 8th floor
So let's go and find it!
It's giant - there is so much stuff in here!
We've just come up the escalators to the 8th floor
And it's right here
It's called Chabuton
There's it is, the veggie ramen, "vegetable only"
And vegetable gyoza
You order from a vending machine
There it is - it says Veggie Ramen in english, vegetable only
The names of the gyoza are all in Japanese writing
But this one, the katakana says "veggie gyoza"
If you can't read katakana
It's the same symbols as on the menu here
Look for the little triangle one to start with
And you can match it up
And it's given me a ticket for each item
Here's my ramen!
And my gyoza
It looks really good, I haven't tried it yet
And there's the dipping sauce for the gyoza
And what did you order Phil?
It's pork ramen
And gyoza
They told us which one was which
The veggie ones are green!
On the table there are lots of toppings
These are oils, I'm not quite sure
This one's "eschalotes frites"
Looks like some dried onions
Here we have some kind of chilli powder
Very nice!
Is it very spicy?
I don't think so
It's spicy, but I eat a lot of spicy food
Try a little bit maybe
There's pepper
Most importantly: sesame seeds
I love these!
And pickled radish
Right I've tried a bit of everything
And it tastes really good!
The noodles are green
It said they're made of spirulina (not sure how to say that!)
And it's got vegetables
Different kinds...
Some smaller ones...
And the soup
Has a vegetable flavour as well
It's clear ramen soup
And there's no fear of it having any meat in it, it doesn't have that flavour at all
It tastes really good
And satisfying
Here's the gyoza inside
They're not like any gyoza I've had in the UK or in any other restaurant
They're made of shredded vegetables
I think they must be the restaurant's own recipe
They taste really good aswell
That was really good.
I'm so full up now!
You get a lot of food, and it tastes really good
The veggie ramen was 820 yen
Which at the moment is about £5
And the gyoza were 300 yen
Which is a bit less than £2 at the moment
The exchange rate's quite good at the moment
And I got a portion of 5 gyoza
I can't believe it's that cheap
And it tasted really good
It was si nice to eat some proper ramen here in Japan
Because normally, being vegetarian, I avoid any meals with soup
Or stock in them because they usually contain dashi
Or meat stock
You don't know what they contain
But here it's nice to have a stress-free meal
That I could enjoy without worrying about it!
Definitely recommended for vegetarians
And Phil said he really enjoyed his meat ramen as well
Very good, just for.. ramen!
Very good meal, definitely come here!
Come here again, many times!
*Yodobashi Camera theme song* (to the tune of "John Brown's Baby"!)