Kumamoto Ramen Keika Honten — Restaurant in Kumamoto

Trying THE Kumamoto ramen and the place wasn’t crowded on a Wednesday evening. Saw the 3.9 star rating and decided on this place over the 3.6 star for a somewhat similar ramen offering.

The ramen had a depth in flavor thanks to the black garlic and they also had spicy options. They had an option to add on the set for like 500¥ with white rice and 800¥ with fried rice. You can also choose gyoza or fried pork for sides. If you are going as a couple, I would recommend getting one set to share as you can see their portions are huge!

It’s located just off the shopping arcade area so it’s easy to find - parking is fairly expensive in this part of town so we parked around a 8min walk from this store and it costs us only 100¥ for 50mins compared to the 100¥ for 20 mins nearby.

Take your pick of ramen from this street as there are so many choices. Choose what you fancy, but we wanted to try the...

Dived into the food and forgot to take a photo first, it smelled too good and it was delicious! The soup has an appetite opening sesame possibly garlic infused scent, the soup is not thick like hakata tonkotsu- it was light and soupy, on the saltier side and full of flavour. The cuts of meat were thick and generous. We enjoyed it! Very affordable and delicious meal ☺️ also had the fried rice which had very good flavour and strong wok hei- exactly how you’d want fried rice to taste! Staff could tell we were tourists! After ordering at the vending machine they directed us to our seat where they had placed ice cold cups of black tea for us, thought it was such a...

Visited since I ate in Shinjuku about 30 years ago. I don't have a very good impression of Shinjuku, and I don't really like chain stores, but I chose it because I wanted to eat orthodox Kumamoto ramen in a limited number of days. The noodles are neither thick nor thin, but slightly hard and just right. The soup doesn't have a nasty taste. Surprisingly satisfied. Pu-erh tea...