Mendokoro Maruyoshi Shoten (麺処 まるよし商店) Tokyo

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Tabelog

3.65

Cuisine

Ramen

• 2018

8 / 10

Ramen at Maruyoshi Shouten (麺処 まるよし商店 )

on 28 Aug 2018

by Abram Plaut

Recommended bowl: Monster tamen

Maruyoshi Shouten is one of the best tanmen specialty shops in Tokyo. A funky, vintage-feeling shop with vines and plants outside, and old school Japanese music playing in the background inside. Cool and casual. The main dish here is tanmen, a humble, classic ramen style made from a pork-based shio soup, usually topped with simple vegetables like cabbage and bean sprouts. The soup at Maruyoshi Shouten contains pork as well as chicken, vegetables, shrimp and shaketoba... More

Recommended bowl: Monster tamen

Maruyoshi Shouten is one of the best tanmen specialty shops in Tokyo. A funky, vintage-feeling shop with vines and plants outside, and old school Japanese music playing in the background inside. Cool and casual. The main dish here is tanmen, a humble, classic ramen style made from a pork-based shio soup, usually topped with simple vegetables like cabbage and bean sprouts. The soup at Maruyoshi Shouten contains pork as well as chicken, vegetables, shrimp and shaketoba (skin-on salmon fillets). After you order you'll see the master frying up most of the toppings in a big wok. He will then casually throw in some cabbage, pork and even some dried shrimp. Your options to customize include: Thick or thin noodles, in small, medium or large portions; pork back fat and extra veggies. You also can get the 'aka-tama' version, with the bowl topped with a scoop of chili paste that slowly mixes into the soup as you eat away. The standard bowls don't come with chashu but you can order it extra — the pork slices are grilled over an open flame to a nice char before being topped onto the bowl. Kunsei or smoked eggs are another add-on option, and they are highly recommended. A nice smoky richness. Less