ニラ麺 / Niramen / Menya Gallon — Shinjuku Golden Gai, Tokyo

Tanrei shoyu soup uses a base of whole chickens, pork, kombu and vegetables, boiled in carbonated water. Thin straight noodles are special ordered and contain 100% domestic wheat flour. Topped with cubed pork chashu, a layer of fresh garlic chives, togarashi chili and a raw egg yolk. Each bowl also contains Sekine sesame oil, a brand with a 290-year history that uses traditional production methods. No msg or artificial additives. Other menu items include shoyu ramen with ginger and shio ramen with yuzu. The ajitama is marinated in Maker’s Mark bourbon. Niramen started off as a limited menu item in November 2021 but became so popular it is now a permanent fixture.

Menya Gallon is located on the first floor of Diner Five Gallon, a dining bar established in Shinjuku Golden Gai in 2016. During the 2020 global pandemic, they remodeled the first floor and converted it to a ramen shop. 12 seats. Since June 20th, 2020 @menyagallon