Tokyo Food Exploration (1)🍜

1. Rāmenya Shima 🍃🌸 Tokyo's number one ramen spot — you have to try it at least once! I ordered the special salt and soy sauce flavors. The toppings were quite generous, featuring two types of dumplings (pork and shrimp), char siu (pork loin, shoulder, chicken thigh, and chicken breast), and a soft-boiled egg. The soup base didn't quite live up to my expectations; the soy sauce version was too salty, while the salt version was a bit better but still lacked umami. 🍃🌸 Overall, it was a decent bowl of ramen, but it doesn't quite match the hype of being number one, and the price is on the higher side. Business Hours: Monday to Friday 08:45 - 14:30 🍃🌸 Address: 3-41-12, Moto-machi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 🌇 2. Japanese Ramen Gokan Another clam-flavored ramen, with a soup base that combines local chicken, Miyazaki chicken, black pork bones, kombu, and four types of clams. I went for the salt ramen, which had a strong presence of both pork and chicken, but the clam's umami really stood out. 🍃🌸 The broth was refreshing. The toppings were diverse, including Yamagata pork loin, Tottori Oyama chicken breast, Omi duck breast, dumplings, soft-boiled egg, and nori. The thin, straight noodles had a rich wheat aroma that paired well with the soup. 🍃🌸 Business Hours: Wednesday to Sunday 11:30 - 15:00 Address: 2-57-2 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Cosmo Higashi-Ikebukuro 101 🍜 🍃🌸 #TokyoFoodie 🍜 #RamenLovers 🌟