Bonito Bonito Ramen — Restaurant in Tokyo

This ramen hole in my neighborhood is called Bonito Bonito. Bonito is a fish that is commonly used in Japan to create the stock (soup broth) as part of the fundamental Japanese cuisine.

The ramen broth is soy based with heavy flavors of bonito broth. The Bonito is also thickly shredded and is edible within the soup. The noodle is thin and straight which perfectly matches this type of soup while the noodles texture is thick and “chewy”.

The Char Siu (simmered and fried pork) looks like a huge chuck of meat that looks intimidating, but it is tender and soft, the meat falls apart just touching it with your chopsticks.

I highly recommend it for you to try it out. I don’t eat ramen too frequently, but I thought it was one of the best ramen I had in the past 6...

The definitive five-stars ramen restaurant in Musashi-Koyama.

The owner has a character and sometimes he tries to make everything under his control but I love how passionate he is to deliver the best ramen. In fact, he gave me additional Cha-shu later when he served "unsatisfactory" Cha-shu for him, which was just broken its shape a little bit and I had no problems with, so that he stick with his quality standard.

If you'd like to behave like “the customer is boss or king,” you should skip this store; this is the place where you follow the the owner rule so you wouldn’t mess with him. To me, it is such a fantastic place that I have less than 10...

Bonito Bonito is a mom and pop ramen store serving lunch to workers and people who live nearby. The ramen broth is pork only (no poultry) with a heavy dose of bonito flake. You order via a vending machine and can choose simple or deluxe, soup ramen or tsukemen dipping ramen. Deluxe ramen adds an egg, nori, and some shredded pork on top of the noodles, broth, and pork roulade roast. Everything is great. The broth is flavorful and not too heavy. The pork is unreal in flavor. Expect to wait, because the venue is maybe a dozen seats at a bar and small tables. Well worth the...