Arashi Meieki — Restaurant in Nagoya

This area is densely packed with ramen shops. As a ramen enthusiast, I usually don’t visit “tsukemen” (dipping noodles) places, so I had overlooked this one until now. However, the menu does include ramen.

Upon entering, there’s a ticket vending machine right in front where you purchase your meal ticket. Inside, there are table seats at the front and counter seats at the back, making it a long and narrow establishment.

There are two types of ramen: regular ramen and Taiwanese ramen, each available in either salt or soy sauce flavor. You can also choose from three sizes: large, medium, and small. I ordered the “ramen with salt flavor, medium size.”

The slightly cloudy soup had a very refined and gentle taste, which paired well with the smooth, thin noodles. The toppings included seared chashu (pork), thick menma (bamboo shoots), green onions, and white sesame seeds. The tender chashu and well-seasoned menma were both delicious.

Ramen with salt flavor, medium size seared chashu (pork) thick menma...

A small little shop close to the western exit of Nagoya Station, which is certainly convenient. The interior appears newly renovated, and everything is clean.

Ordered the taiwan curry mazesoba, ōmori for 1100円. The taste is just alright! Maybe a little better than average, if we’re being specific. The noodles were good, but they overpowered the toppings, as the noodle/topping ratio wasn’t quite right. The condiment selection is a bit bare.

No complaints about service, as it was my own spotty Japanese skills that caused a bit of confusion! The waitress was very kind, despite this, and I’m...

Love mazesoba so much so I went around tasting different places that do mazesoba.

This place didn’t disappoint. The noodles chewy, and the sauce/condiments make a rich/strong flavor, but these were common traits in Nagoya mazesoba everywhere. What delighted me especially was the pork cube, which was braised to a superb tender texture then seared on the surface. A flavor bomb really.

An interesting thing I noted was if you come in during rainy days you’d get two stamps instead of one, which is how these places try to attract business...