Shishimaru — Restaurant in Nagoya

We noticed the constant queues outside the restaurant first and became curious. This ramen place is located across Super and Richmond hotels, at a quieter location outside of Nagoya station.

The place is small with just 13 seats and uses a vending order machine. It prides itself on using local ingredients only. We decided to have dinner here and started queuing 30mins before the evening service starts. We tried their signature ramen with the special platter as well as the popular ebi ramen. Tea was already served once we ordered and the platter and ramen came soon after.

The platter consists of perfectly cooked egg with a runny orange creamy yolk and a thin slice of pork chashu that tasted of glazed ham. It's ratio of fat and lean meat was just nice and it was tender and flavorful. The fried sweet potato was a good balance that removes the greasy saltiness of the chashu.

The soup was milky yet it tasted refreshing and light. I usually avoid drinking the soup because of its saltiness and msg after-taste but I couldn't help almost finishing this bowl of soup together with the noodles that were cooked al dente. The highlight was the almost melt in the mouth chicken breast in the ramen , am not sure but it might be cooked via sous vide.

The popular ebi ramen soup tasted of rich seafood, akin to the Penang /Singapore prawn soup noodles. I could feel my arteries clotting. Definitely not for the faint hearted but for those who love seafood; especially prawn soup, this is a must try.

Come early to avoid the long wait. We ate quickly out of consideration to those waiting in line. My only regret (hence less one star) was that we were not able to take our time to...

Very Disappointing Experience for Non-Japanese Speakers

I highly discourage anyone who doesn't speak Japanese from visiting this restaurant. My experience was incredibly frustrating. My friend and I were waiting in line. At first, there was no staff member to greet customers. After about 5 minutes, my friend, feeling unwell, needed to go to a convenience store, so she left to buy something while I continued to wait. There’s just a store across the street so we thought we’d be OK. When my friend returned, a female staff member came over and told me that we needed to be together to be seated. I explained the situation to her, but she didn't understand English and just told me to wait. She handed out menus to everyone else in line except us. Afterwards, a male staff member was called to talk to us using a translation device. We also used our phones to explain the situation in Japanese. However, he didn't seem to trust us and instead asked the Japanese customers ahead of us in line about our situation. After speaking to them, he gave no response and walked away.

As a foreigner, I felt discriminated against and treated unfairly. I will not be returning to this...

Little ramen tavern with only 10 seats available and majority in front of the bar so you can see the transparent process of cooking and preparing. Given that queueing is inevitable, mind the rule of queuing and not to jump into the long queue while your group is not fully presented yet.

Self-service of ordering and paying machine will be seen and introduced as soon as you entered the tavern. Not much services available as it’s self service but the staffs did come out to maintain order and ask those who didn’t follow the rules to leave the queue so i think 2 stars to show appreciation shall be fair.

Chicken broth is creamy and brightened up by the seasoning of red papers and bit of shrimpy taste in the dashi. Wagyu broth is fairly thick and comes with thinner noodles, both...