アリランチャーシュー / Ariran Chashu / Hachibei no Shokudō - Mobara, Chiba
Ariran Ramen uses pork and niboshi soup, taking about eight hours to finish. Toppings include onions, chives, garlic, leeks, pork meat and spicy house-made ra-yu chili oil. Noodles are also house-made. 'Ariran Ramen' was created by master Furuichi-san, who started out his career by selling ramen out of a street cart (yatai). After regular customers kept asking him to create something unique, he spent five years developing his custom recipe. Ariran Ramen is named after a hill in Korea, Furuichi-san's shop is located on a ridge so he wanted to create a 'stamina' style bowl to give customers more energy. At one time there were three establishments in Chiba serving true Ariran style ramen, all run by Furuichi-san's family members. Two of the shops remain open to this day, including the original, Hachibei no Shokudō. Open since 1971.
