Recommended bowl: Veggie-pottage tsukemen

A respected shop known for its tsukemen served with a thick vegetable pottage soup. The soup is complex, containing an array of ingredients, such as pork, chicken, mackerel, niboshi, shrimp, vegetables and other secret ingredients. Customers get to choose from three different types of house-made noodles. One is thick-cut made with domestic wheat, one is a chewier style 'mochi mochi' with a wheat blend, and the last contains wheat germ. The wheat germ 'haiga-men' is recommended. Originally opened in Koenji in 2008, the flagship and highest ranked branch has been located in Kichijoji since 2010. The brand has four branches in total in Tokyo.