特製つけそば / Tokusei Tsukesoba / Chūka Soba Senmon Tonchibo — Hidaka, Saitama

Niboshi shoyu soup is made from slowly simmering pork bones, minced meat, chicken and niboshi. The soup for each bowl gets poured through house-made gyofun (fish powder). No MSG. Housemade chijire noodles contain whole grain Hanamanten wheat from Saitama.

Master Maruoka-san trained at the well-known ramen shop Chūka Soba Takano in Tokyo. He opened Tonchibo in Tsurugashima, Saitama, operating for 10 years before moving the store to Hidaka City. Only open for lunch, 11:30am-2:30pm. 16 seats. First opened in 2008, current location since September 29th, 2017. Less