Nabura — Restaurant in Kyoto

At first glance, the broth looks extremely thick, akin to a tonkotsu broth, but just a whiff and you will discover there's nothing porky about it. With 35 years of experience as a washoku chef in Kyoto, the master wanted to create a bowl of ramen that people of all ages are able to enjoy. With that in mind, no artificial seasonings are added. Every spoonful of that broth is made purely of a combination of mackerel and konbu as it's base. You can physically feel the bits of mackerel in the broth.

The noodles are made slightly wide and on a curly, shortened length to catch as much of that thick broth as possible. It is a pretty messy affair, so they will ask if you need a paper apron when they serve it up.

And instead of a chashu, master prefers to change it up by giving a piece of specially smoked(?) saba fish, a healthier alternative without sacrificing the rich and oily flavour of a porky piece of meat.

Very mellow and easy to your gut, it is no surprise that despite it's richness, I am able to take the broth all in, every...

4/5 Quite delicious! I love fish-based ramen in general but I feel this was a unique experience with its Mackarel focus. I ordered an extra Mackarel. The noodles are thick and curly, which offered a unique texture and sensation in your mouth, although I feel like it could be slightly softer just to improve the overall mouthfeel. The broth is thick and juicy, but could use slightly more punch and flavour just to really bring out the flavour of the fish, it's good but it has not yet reached the balance of flavour I'm looking for. I'll be keeping an eye out on this place since I know...

Very unusual ramen, servced exclusively with fried saba (mackerel). No fully vegetarian option. Fried chicken (kara-age) is available as an add-on. Don't go if you dislike fish, but do go if you like fish and excellent, thick ramen noodles. Pre-pay at the machine up front. English menu available, and we saw other non-Japanese. The several times we have been, I have loved the background music - focused on jazz guitar. [Review...