Yamaokaya Ramen — Restaurant in Furano

I rate it 5 stars for staff friendliness and attentiveness, upon entering they'll ask counter or desk, we chose counter and even though we used English we were perfectly understood and the staff gestured us towards the self checkout machine to order, it's in Japanese but the illustrations definitely help and after fumbling with the buttons, it timed out and we'd start all over again, no point feeling frustrated and in all, we finally succeeded after 4 tries, once seated, the order tickets are collected by the staff and before the next wave of hunger pangs arrive, two steaming bowls of noodles arrived, do note that the staff will mumble something after taking the tickets to ask if we want soft or firm noodle texture, super greasy or less greasy soup base and one more which I've forgotten what it is but we played safe and pointed at Normal for all 3 preferences, haha, oh yeah, the onsen egg is superb, parking free of charge available at front of restaurant, of course I finished the whole bowl plus a plate of well...

On the way back from Furano to Sapporo, and it was late at night. There was not many restaurants options as most had close by that time.

Thank God this restaurant is still open. More importantly, their Miso ramen tasted heavenly. Not sure if it's because I was tired and hungry, but thinking back makes me missing it so much.

The miso soup is thick and rich. The ramen noodles were springy and snappy. The chashu was nicely marinated and tender.

Also, the staff are very friendly and helpful. Despite us having a toddler, they are friendly and kind to us.

However, if savory is not your thing, then probably this place is not so...

We got the special extra spicy ramen, shrimp tsukemen and gyoza.

Tsukemen broth was fatty, but beneath that layer, the soup was flavorful. Chunks of pork within were awesome (just 2 tiny pieces), portion noodle was plenty. (I believe you could request specifications to broth as noted on a laminated sheet on the side, but we didn’t).

Spicy noodles came with a warning on the machine when we ordered. We went ahead anyways, great for people who really can hold their spice. Eggs were gooey and yummy! Probably need a beer to relief the spice!

Gyoza was decent.

Service staff were friendly and tried their best to communicate to...