$nooup®︎ 天文館店 — Restaurant in Kagoshima

The hundreds of huge tins of diced tomato at the doorway should have warned me off. This is one time reviews have failed me. Only read two that got it right. The food was TERRIBLE. The noodles were like Mee, thin and stringy and had bad mouthfeeel. The broth was a whole different ballgame. What were they thinking? Italian and Japanese flavours are not good bedfellows and having bottles of EVO to supplement an already disastrous combination of ingredients could only make it worse. EVO is used mainly on salads and pasta, not soup. The dish they served up looked like a dogs dinner, bits of scattered horrid chicken, a grey egg, a big lump of already congealing ? Parmesan? and a watery salty broth strewn with diced tomato. Calling it Ramen is a discourtesy to the dish Japan...

The restaurant looks good outside. I have been to other shop of the Menya chain in Japan, so I can compare this to that. I can tell that I am very disappointed about this restaurant. First, the chicken slices are soooo small compared to other Menya restaurant outside Kagoshima. The coconut oil was melted and cold water was prepared as drink service (compared to tea in countryside). Second, the place is very small and not tidy. The lavatory is not air-conditioned or air-refreshed: it was soooo hot and smelly inside. Finally, the seats are...

This was definitely a unique Ramen experience in Kagoshima! The Tomato soup tastes a lot like minestrone, and it’s topped with mozzarella cheese too! I also order extra Chashu toppings for a more epic meal time.

I also seasoned my soup with their in-house lemon olive oil (they also sell it). The flavor profile completely changed and it’s so delicious!

Overall it’s like having your favorite bowl of Minestrone soup but with al dente Ramen and Mozzarella cheese. 10/10...