中華そば 西川

Nishikawa, a top-class niboshi ramen shop in Tokyo, offers a simple menu with two types: chukasoba and tsukesoba. The shop also offers limited bowls and summer-only cold ramen. Customers can order flavored kaedama, an extra serving of noodles with added sauce. Niboshi ramen is known for its big fish flavors and sous vide chashu. The bowl includes three types of iwashi sardines, kelp, pork bones, chicken feet, onions, soy sauce from Shodoshima and white soy sauce from Ibaraki Prefecture, and sea salt. The shop's master, trained at famous shops Takechan and Eifukucho Taishoken, focuses on subtlety rather than strong ramen. Nishikawa is only open for lunch and may have a long line.