Original Katsuura-Style Dandan Noodles Ezawa — Restaurant in Katsuura

​「元祖勝浦式タンタンメン 江ざわ」は、千葉県勝浦市発祥のご当地ラーメン「勝浦式タンタンメン」の元祖とされる、1954年創業の老舗です。 ​元祖勝浦式タンタンメン 江ざわは、一般的な担々麺と一線を画す「勝浦式タンタンメン」の発祥の店です。最大の特徴は、ラー油をふんだんに使用した真っ赤なスープです。このスープは、醤油ベースで、鶏ガラや豚ゲンコツ、魚介などの出汁がしっかり効いたすっきりとした味わいが基本であり、練りごまや芝麻醤（チーマージャン）は一切使用しないのが最大の特徴です。 ​具材には、炒めた挽肉と、甘みを出すためにざく切りにした玉ねぎがたっぷりと使われています。この玉ねぎが、ラー油の刺激的な辛さの奥に深い旨みとほのかな甘みをもたらし、クセになる味わいを生み出しています。元々、寒い海での仕事で冷えた海女さんや漁師さんの体を温めるために考案された料理で、その強い辛さと温かさが特徴です。 ​麺は水分多めの細縮れ麺で、真っ赤なスープによく絡みます。辛さは「普通」「中辛」「大辛」から選べ、どんぶりの底に沈んだ挽肉と玉ねぎを穴あきレンゲですくいながら食べるのが「江ざわの五箇条」の一つとされています。平日でも行列ができるほどの人気店であり、「千葉三大ご当地ラーメン」の一つとしても知られています。 ​English Features (More than 300 characters) ​Ganso Katsuura-shiki Tantanmen Ezawa is the original shop, founded in 1954, that gave birth to "Katsuura-shiki Tantanmen," a unique local ramen from Katsuura City, Chiba Prefecture. Its most distinguishing characteristic is the fiery red soup generously topped with homemade rayu (chili oil). Unlike typical tantanmen, the soup base is soy sauce and rich in stock from chicken bones, pork knuckles, and seafood, yet it completely excludes sesame paste (shibamajan) or ground sesame, which is a key differentiator from the Szechuan-style dish. ​The dish is characterized by its substantial toppings of sautéed minced pork and roughly chopped onions. The onions are cooked until they are almost meltingly soft, providing a crucial element of sweetness and depth of flavor that balances the intense, stimulating heat from the chili oil, creating an addictively savory taste. The dish was originally created to warm up local female divers (ama) and fishermen after their cold work at sea, emphasizing its powerful spice and warming quality. ​The noodles are thin, wavy, and moist, pairing excellently with the red soup. Customers can choose their level of heat from "Normal," "Medium," or "Extra Spicy." It is a well-known custom (one of "Ezawa's Five Articles") to thoroughly stir the bowl before eating and to use a slotted ladle to scoop up the generous amount of minced meat and onion settled at the bottom. The shop is immensely popular, often drawing long queues even on weekdays, and its ramen is recognized as one of Chiba Prefecture's three major local...

Representative example of good Katsuura style tantan-men, a light soup topped with spicy oil, shredded onion, and ground meat. The point of this dish is to balance the heat of the oil with the sweetness of the onions in the soup. The basic dish lacks a meatiness so I would recommend either the "Jō-tantan men" or "chashu tantan men" for a satisfying meal. Good garlicky gyoza. A favorite spot of locals so it gets crowded despite being...

Katsuura's tantanmen has long been a favorite dish among local female divers and fishermen to warm up their chilled bodies after working in the cold sea. The basic dish is a soy sauce-based soup topped with onions and minced pork sauteed in chili oil and chili peppers. It does not use sesame or sesame paste, as is the case with regular tantanmen. After all, this is the original Katsuura Dandan noodles from the 1950s. Let's...