茨木きんせい
いばらぎきんせい
Ibaraki Kinsei
Niboshi shoyu ramen : 14 / 20
(煮干し醤油)
Having taken the wrong train, I ended up in Ibaraki-shi, about 20 kms from where I was supposed to stop. Although I had sworn to myself that this would not be one more ramen-day, the opportunity was too tempting and I had to transmute this slightly annoying incident into a great experience, by trying some local ramen before doubling back. I went to Kinsei, the most highly ranked ramen restaurant around Ibaraki-shi station - and in continuation with my Tokyo-trip, I ordered the niboshi-flavored shoyu-ramen (they also serve a niboshi shio ramen).
Broth: The shoyu and niboshi taste was pleasant but light (I wouldn't have recognized the niboshi inside).
Noodles: Nothing special here, classical straight noodles.
Meat: A couple of slices of a relatively fat, kind of OK chashu.
Egg: There was a very small egg – could it be quail egg ? Behind the crunchiness of the white part, the yolk exploded in the mouth. Quite good.
Toppings: Some long, white and strongly tasted negi. A few crunchy menma with a very light taste and some unknown notes.
So overall, this is a good ramen but I don't think it deserves to go out of one's own way – I find it a bit overestimated on ramendb. Kudos for the creative use of the quail egg, though.
More info on ramendb.
いばらぎきんせい
Ibaraki Kinsei
Niboshi shoyu ramen : 14 / 20
(煮干し醤油)
Having taken the wrong train, I ended up in Ibaraki-shi, about 20 kms from where I was supposed to stop. Although I had sworn to myself that this would not be one more ramen-day, the opportunity was too tempting and I had to transmute this slightly annoying incident into a great experience, by trying some local ramen before doubling back. I went to Kinsei, the most highly ranked ramen restaurant around Ibaraki-shi station - and in continuation with my Tokyo-trip, I ordered the niboshi-flavored shoyu-ramen (they also serve a niboshi shio ramen).
Broth: The shoyu and niboshi taste was pleasant but light (I wouldn't have recognized the niboshi inside).
Noodles: Nothing special here, classical straight noodles.
Meat: A couple of slices of a relatively fat, kind of OK chashu.
Egg: There was a very small egg – could it be quail egg ? Behind the crunchiness of the white part, the yolk exploded in the mouth. Quite good.
Toppings: Some long, white and strongly tasted negi. A few crunchy menma with a very light taste and some unknown notes.
So overall, this is a good ramen but I don't think it deserves to go out of one's own way – I find it a bit overestimated on ramendb. Kudos for the creative use of the quail egg, though.
More info on ramendb.
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