Monday, July 7, 2014

Matoi (Tokyo, Minato-ku)

新橋 纏
しんばし まとい

Niboshi-ramen with ajitama: 14 / 20
(平子煮干そば)

Continuing my exploration of the niboshi-ramen world, I went to Matoi, a highly ranked ramen restaurant (a bit hard to find, you have to walk behind a metal railings to reach it).



Broth: A good, strong niboshi broth, although not as strong as e.g. Nagi's.

Noodles: Firm, yellowish and salty.

Meat: A large slice of chashu, too fat and not so tasty.

Egg: Not bad, but the yellow was too liquid and fell into the soup - niboshi broth and yolk do not especially fit well together...

Toppings: A few thin sweetish menmas, some small white negi and tasty herbs. A sheet of nori, but I could not find here the wonderful alchemy between nori and broth that you would get in Nagi.

This was a good ramen, and worth trying if you like niboshi broth. But it was clearly below the top ranked niboshi ramen restaurant, notably because of its very average chashu.

More info on ramendb.

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