AFURI Ebisu — Restaurant in Tokyo

Every time we come to tokyo we go to afuri, affordable and quick, the presentation alone is a feast. The noodles are savoury and made in shop, the staff is friendly and you can customize your ramen from A to Z from more meat to having a creamier broth, they'll even ask you if you want hard or soft noodles. I took the yuzu ramen which is has a chicken broth base and fragrant notes of yuzu, the noodles were nice they're generous with the garnishing ingredients and the chashu is always really well charred and has a nice smokey taste. My girlfriend took the vegan ramen option which is one of their selling points. Vegan or vegetarian ramen are starting to be more available in japan however they often lack in flavour or dont have a wide vegetable selection. This ramen is so colorful it's eye-catching. They use a huge variety of vegetables and the broth is so delicious that you will not be missing meat. Even the noodles are special vegan noodles made from wheat and lotus root. Also recommend to go there early because there is...

They are now opening a new shop in Cupertino, CA, so I went here to make me well-prepared for their shio ramen.

It might be a little difficult for foreigners to get here. Use East Exit of JR Ebisu station. Go straight and Go down the stairs to the ground. Open Google map. It takes 5 minutes from there.

I arrived just at their opening time, 11am. There were no line, no waiting time.

You need to select what you eat at a ticket machine at the entrance. I decided to try their most popular ramen, Yuzu Shio Ramen.

The soup was full of flavor. Their shio-based soup has a clean taste. Yuzu flavor was highly harmonized with the soup. I finished off it.

The noodles were small in amount for me. I don' t remember you can easily add it.

The price was more than 1,000 yen. It isn't usual for ramens in Japan.

It would be a good place when you'd like to try a good flavor ramen, not when you want to eat a big meal at a low price.

I'm looking forward to seeing it in...

Afuri is a cozy, but comfortable restaurant. We had the Yuzu Ramen with chicken and Spicy Yuzu Ramen with pork and pork belly. We each added an additional seasoned egg (not realizing they came with one), but would probably skip it the next time around. Both were, of course, paired with their Yuzu beer and highball counterparts; I would highly recommend trying one if not both drinks. The ordering process is a breeze via the digital kiosk with electronic payment as a refreshing option for those low on cash or simply wanting to rack up extra points. The staff is extremely friendly and seem passionate about the food they make. I will definitely be returning the next time I'm in Tokyo.

For those newer to the ramen game, use the paper apron. Your clothing will...