Was thinking of gatekeeping this place, but not sharing how this place was superb feels heavy in my heart. I was just searching for a place to eat around the area that has ramen, rice, and gyoza, and saw this, thought that wow all that I was looking for is here. It wasn't hard to find it. The place was small, around 6 people only, I think. No English menu, but they have cute illustrations of their foods. Ordered the ramen, gyoza, and fried rice. AND THEY ALL TASTED SO GOOD!!! The price was inexpensive too!! The owners were an old lady and old man, probably a couple, and they were kind to us even if we (them and, me and my husband) both had a hard time understanding each other. 10/10 for the overall experience here, can't...
Read moreIf you’re stuck waiting in line in the chaya district, take the time to walk a few minutes for a ¥500 lunch here instead. This tiny classic ramen shop seats about 6 people and serves up ramen, gyoza, yaki soba, and other Chinese inspired Japanese dishes for insanely reasonable prices and is tasty to boot. There’s a menu in Japanese on the wall that has more options, but also a small standing menu that pictures fried rice and ramen, just know you have a few more options if you can read the Japanese menu but if not you can’t go wrong with the offered ramen and fried rice which were both very good and filling. Clearly frequented by locals for a quick lunch and we were happy...
Read moreVisited on 12 May 2023, Thursday. This is a hole-in-the-wall restaurant run by a nice elderly couple. Their main dishes are noodles, gyoza, and fried rice.
However, using Google Translate, I was able to partially decipher the hand written menu posted on the wall, and was able to order an "Onigiri" rice ball (120¥) which comes with spiced seaweed inside.
There was no queue during lunch time (around 1pm).
The noodle soup (400¥) was light and tasty, the gyoza (320¥) was very garlicky (seems to be meatless, and the rice...
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