RAMEN VILLAGE CAFE — Restaurant in Ito

I had the privilege to sample your ramen at the 2024 Dai Tsukemen Haku Festival. I am writing a review here because I really loved the food that you served me. It was very innovative, and most importantly, wickedly delicious!

Essentially in one dish, there was soba and tsukemen. How impressive is that?! I liked the instructions you gave me on how to eat the noodles - it really added to the experience.

The soba on its own was delicious already. The seaweed broth beneath the soba gave it a new flavor!

Then by adding salt, it tasted very different. The sweetness of the noodles came out. That, I already found very impressive.

With the soup, it really became tsukemen. The noodles and soup together had a very fine taste, and the duck meat was a great topping to go with the noodles.

Lastly, the tsukemen soup really became a different soup after adding the broth you recommended as the last step. This was personally my favourite step.

What an experience! I don’t know how, but you essentially served me four dishes in one tray! I love how innovative the idea was, and how fine the food tasted.

I genuinely think you guys can challenge for this year’s Tsukemen title! I will definitely visit your store when I return to Japan. All the...

The restaurant is fairly spacious, featuring 4 tables for 4, 4 tables for 2, and a counter that seats 5. Despite several empty seats, we were asked to wait outside on a bench with our two kids. It was unclear why available tables weren’t being used more efficiently to speed up turnover. The restaurant may be aiming to create a calm, zen-like atmosphere, but if you’re short on time, this may not be the ideal dining spot.

Regardless of the wait, the ramen was worth it — the noodles had a springy (QQ) texture, the broth was rich and flavorful, and the rice...

Interesting restaurant where you can have ramen and tsukemen plus coffee right by the sea. Cash only, I would’ve like to try the dessert if I had more cash on me or if I could pay by card/app (my ATM card stopped working the day before sad). The restaurant was almost empty when I arrived but I had to write my name down and wait for about 25min to get a table inside which was fine with me but for those in a rush, booking ahead would be...