Bazoku (馬賊 日暮里店) Tokyo

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Tantanmen, Chūka

• 2023
• 2021

Dinner at 中国手打拉麺馬賊

on 15 Apr 2023

by Abram Plaut

坦々つけ麺 / Tantan Tsukemen / Chūgoku Teuchi Ramen Bazoku — Asakusa, Tokyo

Tantan dipping soup is sesame based, containing ground meat and various spices. Teuchi noodles are hand-pulled and beaten without the use of a machine. Noodles are cut extra long and served in water. Mapo-Tofu, handmade gyoza, menma and pickled za-sai on the side.

An old school Chinese style ramen shop, with a 2nd branch in Nippori open since 1977. Asakusa flagship since 1974. 20 seats.

6 / 10

Ramen at Bazoku (馬賊 日暮里店)

on 05 Jan 2021

by Abram Plaut

Recommended bowl: Hand-pulled noodles

This Chinese restaurant specializes in teuchmen, aka 'handmade noodles.' The noodles here are made in the old hand-pulled style, with no noodle machine involved. The dough is rolled and then swung and beaten on the counter repeatedly. It's then twisted and wrapped countless times before it's finally cut with a small knife and tossed into a pot of boiling water. The whole process can be observed through a glass wall in the shop and takes just a couple of minutes.... More

Recommended bowl: Hand-pulled noodles

This Chinese restaurant specializes in teuchmen, aka 'handmade noodles.' The noodles here are made in the old hand-pulled style, with no noodle machine involved. The dough is rolled and then swung and beaten on the counter repeatedly. It's then twisted and wrapped countless times before it's finally cut with a small knife and tossed into a pot of boiling water. The whole process can be observed through a glass wall in the shop and takes just a couple of minutes. Customers will be eating those noodles within five minutes of them going into the water. The menu is extensive but the recommended bowl is probably the tantanmen karame, a slightly spicy sesame-based soup, topped with ground meat and spices. The hand-pulled noodles are the star, of course, with a chew and feel not so distinct from udon. Fried gyoza also on point. This is the second branch of Bazoku, with the flaship located in Asakusa. Less