Today we are taking you on an epic adventure for vegan ramen. That's right,
I said it. Could such a thing exist, will it be delicious?
I'm not sure, We're taking you to a tiny, tiny place that is in fact so far away from civilization,
that we had to record the introduction in this area because it has lighting.
We actually have a really cool menu to choose from now.
I got which online I've read is the best one: Rich taste brown rice yeast ramen
And it's apparently V - vegan, but not OV. And Simon went for the Miso one, which is OV
And then he add the extra soy char siu made on top, and we ordered some gyozas as well as some sweet and hot
soy meat chicken bits.
Now there's one thing that's very mandatory
when you come to this place; and that is: Bring your own little sweat cloth. Because there's no air-conditioning here
And you're just gonna be pouring with sweat like I am. It's really hot.
Or you could be like Martina and have your little fan attached to your phone.. Your phone's gonna die really soon though.
Oh well, I don't need a phone, I'm with my ducky. Yeah quality time! How will I get back on the subway? Never mind.
So these are gyozas here made with soy meat instead. Never had anything like this before
Mmmm. This is really well-seasoned. These are - these are vegetarian? Really?
It doesn't have like the hard texture of a meat. Tastes like a lot softer meat.
But it's still really flavorful and nicely done. I'm impressed.
So for those of you that want to know what it's like being tall in Japan,
here's something that you have to get used to: If it's gonna be floor seating, most of the time my legs
cannot fit underneath here because I wind up lifting over the table, so you just kinda sit awkwardly in corners like I am.
I'm going in for the first taste of the Dragon ramen. This is made with brown rice yeast. There's no animal anything inside of this.
That is great. Oh wow, you can't even pinpoint all the flavors that you're tasting
That's a great broth,the noodles are not made with any eggs as well.
Every ramen shop has its own unique noodle that they work with.
It tastes like a totally normal noodle, and the broth is just really surprising. It's got that creaminess of like a rice
cabbage-y... it's got a nice like oily taste to it, but it's obviously a healthy oil you can tell by the color
It's still salty, but it's also sweet at the same time. It's just a delicious
ramen. This has the oiliness that I'm expecting out of like ramen - my kind of ramen that is - it's got a good
savoriness to it as well. It's not just overly sweet because a lot of bean stuff could just be sweet, but now this has a
nice bite to it.
So good. Let me just say: I was very skeptical before I came here
I was actually worried that this would be a video that we'd shoot and not be able to publish because I didn't like it but I
actually really like this, and I really want to publish and share this, because this is - this is really nice ramen
We've shot at some restaurants before that we didn't like, and so we just deleted the footage
and this right here was like 50-50 chance
I'm actually, thoroughly, enjoying this
So one thing that's really cool
is he has a very specific and very clear menu on the board marking if it's vegetarian or if it's vegan
or if it's OV or even if it's halal. Didn't actually know, I'm like: What's OV? Turns out
he has a Buddhist code of not using five of the major pungent roots
Which is kind of like garlic or leeks or onions?
We saw some onions in our dipping sauce for our gyoza, and so that was clearly marked as just V
so
There's all these different things that you can read it's also written in Japanese, English and Korean and Mandarin
So it's like you have all these options to figure out. What is best for sitting?
Let my try this charshu here
They actually seasoned this meat as well, it's not half bad.
Not my favorite ramen in the world, but this is really surprisingly great.
That is a very gentle miso soup. Some people like it, and some people just hate it, because a lot of places make their miso
really strong. So when you eat it, it just tastes like miso, salty or sweet,
whatever they've chosen. This one is very very gentle. It has like a very light leftover miso taste.
It doesn't have like an overwhelming flavor to it, and the charshu soy meat has kind of like a lemongrass flavor to it
Mmm. I've came prepared with pigtail hair. That way I don't have to tie my hair back
Girl we gotta talk about it, you can't finish them all girl we got two left?
Hmm wow this is great. You didn't want this, right Simon? I mean, I'll just eat all of it.
I gotta have some more too. Sweet and hot bleak salted chicken bits. And wow, it's on the snack menu,
but accompanying it with a ramen is quite nice, because the miso is quite sweet and light, and when you have this really salty
a little bit spicy, like it's not big spicy. It's like a tiny bit
I absolutely would have thought this was meat.
I know that not all vegans and vegetarians are into that like some people don't want their stuff to taste or like look like meat.
But I mean this is really good. If you're coming here with your friends who are meat-eaters,
you can easily order this for them,
and they can have a completely enjoyable time even if they're like
not into noodles and carbs and stuff like that. Wow this is great. You didn't want this right Simon?
I mean, I'll just eat all of it
I gotta have some more too.
I'll just take this little tiny wedge.
Girl, you left me two pieces.
I'm about to leave you one piece.
What you're gonna do about it?
People usually get mad at me the videos for eating all this stuff, but I want people to see... Martina's like: "Take Back the Night!"
I'm tired of having Simon. Once in a while, is all I'm saying.
Hey, I have a question for you. Yes?
Whose sweat cloth is that? This is yours because I lost mine. So you rubbed your sweat cloth on your face.
And then you lost it somewhere.
And now you're using mine. I'm gonna leave you one piece
What you're gonna do about it?
Do you want to back? Eww, No!
I should've got you.
This entire restaurant fits about seven people
That's it. You can just
jam all of us in. And you have the chef who's just passionate about making the food that he wants to make and he's doing a great
Job, i think that we should have ordered
at least ten more of those soy meat sate.
So I'm really thrilled because I actually found my sweat rug
Right because Martina's is kind of soaked and in need of maintenance so I have a nice little dry yeah
Thanks a lot for that mine's disgusting
Hey
This place was actually
surprisingly really good. If you're looking for the ramen that you're used to this isn't going to taste like it, but this is still
really good ramen.
And if you're coming here with like vegetarian friends or even if you're vegetarian you want to bring your meat eating friends with you
I'm sure everybody here will find something that they're satisfied with. If you want to find directions to this place
We've listed them in a blog post so make sure you click on the link below, and you can come here as well
It's a little bit off the beaten path, but it's definitely worth the journey.
Chabuzen~ Well, I think I might need to get a third sweat rag; it is
disgustingly hot today. Oh duckie... I'm just gonna rub my face on your body!
No. Please don't...please don't do that.