Fujimon seimen — Restaurant in Nara

Delicious ramen from a quaint counter style restaurant. English menu is available but it's fairly straightforward: pick your broth (fish or pork), pick your noodle thickness (thin or 'thick' - it's a marginal difference) and pick your noodle portion size (medium or large - medium is plenty, unless you're ravenous). Friendly staff with a good enough grasp of English, really nice atmosphere (complete with soft jazz in between the slurps), quick service and, above all,...

This place is only open 3 hours a day, and closes on Tuesdays. That being said, you should make an effort to come eat here. The broth is very nice and satisfying, I ordered two bowls, one with fish broth and one with pork broth. The fish broth should be eaten first if you're going to follow in my steps, as eating the pork broth first and then the fish broth will overly expose you to the soy sauce. The fish broth has a very nice nuance to it which I...

Great find in Nara about ten minutes walk from one of the major train stations. Probably one of the best ramen places we’ve tried in our month in Japan. We got a large pork ramen with extra chashu. It was presented extremely well and the broth was flavourful without being overpowering. If we were staying in Nara longer than a day I’d probably have a meal here daily. One more thing - it’s cash only and only accepts 1000 or 2000 yen notes plus a...