Menya Jikon (麺や而今) Daito

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Ratings from the web

Tabelog

3.76

Cuisine

Ramen, Tsukemen

• 2024
• 2020

Dinner at 麺や而今

on 11 Jun 2024

by Ramen Adventures

麺や而今 大東本店 (Jikon in Osaka)

If you nerd out about deep umami flavors, this bowl is up there. The master uses konbu from Raosu and Rishiri islands in Hokkaido, considered the best in Japan. If you are ever lucky enough to visit that part of the country, you’ll see small-scale mom-and-pop kelp operations, where pristine pieces are hand dried by hand and delicately wrapped up to be shipped to the finest restaurants. With that as the base, he flavors this bowl with a special tare... More

麺や而今 大東本店 (Jikon in Osaka)

If you nerd out about deep umami flavors, this bowl is up there. The master uses konbu from Raosu and Rishiri islands in Hokkaido, considered the best in Japan. If you are ever lucky enough to visit that part of the country, you’ll see small-scale mom-and-pop kelp operations, where pristine pieces are hand dried by hand and delicately wrapped up to be shipped to the finest restaurants. With that as the base, he flavors this bowl with a special tare reasoning made from ayu fish sauce and natural, unprocessed shoyu.

I'm currently breaking down the Top 100 #hyakumeiten #百名店 shops from around Japan. This one is 4/100 on the Osaka list.

Full writeup on the #ramenadventures website. For all my #ramen posts head over there. Links are in the bio. Let's #slurp @ramenadventures

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Ramen at Jikon (麺や 而今)

on 26 Jun 2020

by Abram Plaut

Recommended bowl: Osaka award winner

This well known shop has spawned three different ramen brands spread out across a handful of shops in Osaka. The noodles are from Umegae Seimen, made in Osaka. Master Shimada-san used to work at a Japanese Kappo restaurant for 22 years. After that he opened his own restaurant specializing in chicken. The soup here is made from chicken, several kinds of niboshi and kelp. Nama-shoyu and ayu fish sauce in the tare. A highly ranked shop on many ramen heads' hit-list.... More

Recommended bowl: Osaka award winner

This well known shop has spawned three different ramen brands spread out across a handful of shops in Osaka. The noodles are from Umegae Seimen, made in Osaka. Master Shimada-san used to work at a Japanese Kappo restaurant for 22 years. After that he opened his own restaurant specializing in chicken. The soup here is made from chicken, several kinds of niboshi and kelp. Nama-shoyu and ayu fish sauce in the tare. A highly ranked shop on many ramen heads' hit-list. Less