Chūka Soba Satō Ōfuna (中華そば さとう 大船) Kamakura

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• 2024
• 2020

Dinner at Akasaka, Tokyo

on 08 Jul 2024

by Abram Plaut

中華そば / Chūka Soba / Mendokoro Tomo Premium — Akasaka, Tokyo

Rich chicken and pork tonkotsu soup is made with yaki ago (grilled flying fish) sourced from Nagasaki Prefecture. The shoyu tare combines whole soybean soy sauce with light soy sauce by Yagisawa Shōten in Iwate Prefecture. Each bowl also contains yaki ago flavor oil. Thin straight low hydration noodles are by Mikawaya Seimen. Topped with rare pork chashu, menma, spinach, red onions, two types of negi, naruto and nori.

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中華そば / Chūka Soba / Mendokoro Tomo Premium — Akasaka, Tokyo

Rich chicken and pork tonkotsu soup is made with yaki ago (grilled flying fish) sourced from Nagasaki Prefecture. The shoyu tare combines whole soybean soy sauce with light soy sauce by Yagisawa Shōten in Iwate Prefecture. Each bowl also contains yaki ago flavor oil. Thin straight low hydration noodles are by Mikawaya Seimen. Topped with rare pork chashu, menma, spinach, red onions, two types of negi, naruto and nori.

This is the second store (and brand) of the ramen shop Akasaka Mendokoro Tomo, run by a music company called Tomo Music Co., Ltd. Store manager Ayumi Suzuki has been working in ramen shops since she was 16 years old. 28 seats. Open since November 23rd, 2023 @tomo_premium Less

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Ramen at Chūka Soba Satō Ōfuna (中華そば さとう 大船)

on 17 May 2020

by Abram Plaut

Recommended bowl: Light shoyu

Run by master Satō-san, this is the second branch of Chūka Soba Satō located near Haneda airport. The Haneda branch is run by Satō-san's brother. The light shoyu soup is chicken based, also using katsuo and niboshi, with noodles provided by Maruyama Seimen. It's light but fulfilling in new-school style bowls that still bring wisps of nostalgia. Extra menma (bamboo shoots) recommended as a topping option. The ingredients used in both shops are identical, but each... More

Recommended bowl: Light shoyu

Run by master Satō-san, this is the second branch of Chūka Soba Satō located near Haneda airport. The Haneda branch is run by Satō-san's brother. The light shoyu soup is chicken based, also using katsuo and niboshi, with noodles provided by Maruyama Seimen. It's light but fulfilling in new-school style bowls that still bring wisps of nostalgia. Extra menma (bamboo shoots) recommended as a topping option. The ingredients used in both shops are identical, but each master applies his own cooking techniques, which result in bowls that tastes slightly different. Haneda branch open since 2011, Ōfuna branch since 2017. Less