Torinosuke, Hatsukaichi Umehara — Restaurant in Hatsukaichi

Edit 1/2/23

My friend and I incurred severe food poisoning from the honey mustard chicken; please take better care inspecting the food that you prepare and disposing of it if it’s no longer good.

I had nothing but glowing reviews prior about the restaurant, but after this night, we both ended up vomiting and spent most of our holiday recovering. Clutching bottles of Pedialyte and Pepto-Bismo with a huge loss of appetite.

Fortunately, the rest of my family did not consume the chicken and were spared from this ordeal.

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Our favorite local ramen shop, the base of each of the ramen soup is rich and very fulfilling. We haven’t been to a ramen shop that has satisfied us as much as Torinosuke. Their gyoza are nicely crisped and...

This ramen place is good and the shoyu (soy sauce) ramen is flavorful which i would rate 4 stars. My wife ordered the chicken broth ramen and the flavor was light and needed more seasoning which she rates 3 stars. I prefer the broth to be thicker. The noodles are made fresh there and the fried chiken was good. I also prefer harder noodles and more pork in a pork based broth. I only had 1 slice of porkand was disappointed. I also liked the pickled raddish and cucumers they have out....

I got their recommended ramen and it was actually pretty good. You can taste the smokey flavor from the charsiu and the soup isn’t too salty but flavorful enough. The chaahan and the gyoza was ok but I’d give it 5 stars because of its reasonable price and good customer service. They have English menu and an English speaking staff. The place gets packed especially on weekends but the parking is huge enough to...