味玉辛つけめん / Ajitama Kara Tsukemen / Tsukemen Enaku — Ichijōji, Kyoto

Rich dipping soup is made from chicken and gyokai with a unique spice mix. Housemade high-hydration noodles use a wheat blend sourced via Izawa Flour. Topped with pork chashu, ajitama and menma. Niku-meshi (meat rice bowl) on the side.

Master Taniguichi-san is originally from Osaka, he started his culinary career when he was young at the gyoza restaurant chain Osaka Ohsho. While working as a salaryman later in his 20’s, he became an avid surfer and a fan of eating ramen before and after surfing. Eventually he quit his salaryman job and trained at a well-known Tokyo ramen shop for a year and a half before going independent. During his youth he would often go to Bali to surf, the Indonesian word for delicious (enak) is the inspiration for his shop’s name. Eleven seats. Only open for lunch, 11:30am-3:30pm. Since August 11th, 2010.