もりそば / Morisoba / Taishōken - Kawasaki-Shimmachi, Kanagawa

Shoyu soup contains pork bones, pork feet, chicken carcasses, niboshi and saba-bushi. Noodles are house-made on a #17 cutter each morning. Topped with pork chashu, half-tamago, menma, negi and wakame.

The original master trained at Higashi-Ikebukuro Taishōken before opening this shop with his wife in 2007. At first the style was the same as in Higashi-Ikebukuro, with the noodles cooked slightly soft and the shoyu soup mild. But soon the master learned that the locals in Kawasaki preferred their noodles a bit harder and the shoyu taste more profound, so he adjusted the recipe. In March of 2019 he got sick and retired, but not before passing on his cooking procedures to another ramen master who really loved Taishōken. This new master was ready to take over and had previously worked at Ramen Kitarou in Yokohama. Reopening one month later in April 2019, the new master continues to serve the same menu to this day. 10 seats. Since 2007.