Thursday, July 14, 2005

Raamen Specialist


Raamen specialist
Originally uploaded by Tedori.
The "Raamen Specialist" (ラーメン専門店)

This being Bastille Day, I thought I'd celebrate with a nice miso raamen treat so...

...after a long interval wherein I was too busy pretending to be working to slurp noodles, I dropped in on this place to a pleasant surprise: happy workers and a crowd. The crowd was mostly working folks: construction workers and road crews. The shop people were smiling, enjoying their time, and including me in their conversation.

The raamen was good, too. One type: miso, in three sizes: large, medium, and small. You can add things to it, though: soft boiled egg, wakame, nori, or homegrown leeks (negi). Prices starting at ¥550 for the unadorned small raamen. Unadorned does not mean naked. It had nori, negi (a little) and, to my surprise not-overboiled spinach. Quite tasty. Al dente noodles, as our Italian brothers and sisters would say.

I'm going back to get a better shot of the exterior and, hopefully, of the working crew there.


Have a nice bowl.

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