Dinner at Iida Shouten

Dinner at Iida Shouten

at Iida Shouten on 1 July 2026
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I was lucky enough to make a reservation online, so I visited Iida Shoten in Yugawara and enjoyed the wonton soy sauce chashu ramen for JPY 3000 and vegetable rice for JPY 730.I arrived at 1:30 PM for my 2:00 PM reservation. Around 1:40 PM, we were instructed to purchase tickets, and about ten customers who were waiting in front of the restaurant started buying their tickets one after another. It felt like there were many regulars as the customers greeted each other. Before opening, a woman who seemed to be the owner came to take our orders.We were allowed to enter at 2:10 PM. There were nine seats at the counter, and I couldn’t see the table seats well, but it seemed like there were one or two in the back. There were six people in the kitchen, which I thought was quite a lot for a restaurant of this size.About 15 minutes later, my bowl arrived. The woman who brought it explained the chashu and wontons, but she spoke quickly and only once, so I only caught that one of the types was Tokyo X.I tried to dig into the noodles with my chopsticks, but the chashu and wontons were stacked high on top, making it hard to get to the noodles. I decided to start from the top and began eating the wontons and chashu, which were both incredibly delicious. The broth was also tasty. Finally, I reached the noodles at the bottom, which were thin and soft.The vegetable rice was served after I had eaten about half of the ramen. To put it simply, it was like a lightly flavored Chinese rice bowl. The seasoning was quite mild, and it paired nicely with the soup.

6 / 10