もやしラーメン / Moyashi Ramen / Chūka-ya Kai-Chan — Koenji, Tokyo
Moyashi Ramen is served with starch-thickened shoyu soup made from mostly pork bones. Medium-thin straight noodles are special ordered. Topped with stir-fried pork, bean sprouts, garlic chives, carrots, negi and wood ear mushrooms. Side dishes feature yaki-gyoza, shumai, stir-fried garlic chives w/ liver and cha-han.
Master Ryo Hondo-san trained at the Machi Chūka restaurant Nao-Chan in Shin-Nakano for around 12 years before going independent. The name “Kai-chan” is a reference to Hondo-san’s father. Ten seats. Since October 26th, 2018 @kaichan526
