しょうゆチャーシューメン / Shoyu Chashumen / Orandaken — Higashi-Iwatsuki, Saitama

Niigata Nagaoka ginger shoyu ramen. The soup contains pork bones and chicken carcasses, balanced with ginger from Kōchi Prefecture. Noodles are sourced from an undisclosed location. Extra pork chashu, double ajitama, menma, naruto, nori, greens. White rice on the side.

Master Yasushi Yamamoto is self taught, prior to becoming a ramen chef he worked at a hamburger shop. He opened Orandatei in Kasukabe, Saitama in April 2016, moving the store to Higashi-Iwatsuki eight months later and reopening as Orandaken. In March of 2022, the store moved once again, this time due to the existing building getting demolished. The new location is just a few hundred meters away. All photos other than food are prohibited inside the shop. Eight seats. Open since May 15th, 2022. Less