ごま辛のつけそば / Goma Kara no Tsukesoba / Chūka Soba Tagano — Ebara-Nakanobu, Tokyo

Classic Tokyo style ramen contains a light shoyu based soup using carefully selected chicken, pork, kombu, sardines and other dried fish. Medium-thick noodles are housemade with nori seaweed kneaded into them, inspired by the regional dish ‘hegi soba’ from Niigata (where master Tagano-san is from). Limited menu items rotate based on the day of the week. The pictured ‘spicy sesame tsukesoba’ is served with a dipping soup featuring tahini, dried shrimp, chili oil and various nuts. Sliced pork chashu, menma, negi, nori and togarashi on the side. All ingredients used are sourced domestically, including high quality salt. No msg or artificial additives.

Run by master Yoshiko Tagano and her husband. Open 11:30am-2:30pm or until the ingredients run out. 10 counter seats. Open since April 20th, 1996.