Ajisai (らぁ麺 紫陽花) Nagoya

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Cuisine

Shoyu Tori Soba

• 2020

7 / 10

Lunch at Ramen Ajisai (らぁ麺 紫陽花)

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on 22 Nov 2020

by Gerhard Huber

Fantastic shoyu ramen. Two different types of chashu are served, chicken and pork. The noodles are homemade and fully cooked.
Worth a detour and the most likely long wait.

9 / 10

Ramen at Ajisai (らぁ麺 紫陽花)

on 12 Jan 2020

by Abram Plaut

Recommended bowl: Elite chicken & shoyu

Master Toya-san was a simple ramen geek before becoming a master — he used to eat about 600 bowls per year. First he started making ramen at home. Then he trained at the shop Kanade in Tokyo for 3.5 years, then at Hachi No Ashiha in Nagoya for 1.5 years, then another shop, Maruwa in Nagoya, for six months. Finally he opened Ajisai in 2015.

The noodles are housemade, using a Yamato noodle machine. The noodles are straight Hirauchi-style, and slightly flat.... More

Recommended bowl: Elite chicken & shoyu

Master Toya-san was a simple ramen geek before becoming a master — he used to eat about 600 bowls per year. First he started making ramen at home. Then he trained at the shop Kanade in Tokyo for 3.5 years, then at Hachi No Ashiha in Nagoya for 1.5 years, then another shop, Maruwa in Nagoya, for six months. Finally he opened Ajisai in 2015.

The noodles are housemade, using a Yamato noodle machine. The noodles are straight Hirauchi-style, and slightly flat. The soup is chicken based. The chicken chashu is marinated with yuzu; the pork chashu is smoked. The shoyu tare contains raw, unpasteurized shoyu. Chiyu (chicken oil) on the top. No MSG. Now one of the highest ranked shops not only in Nagoya but in all of Aichi prefecture. Elite level. Less