Rāmen Bonobo — Restaurant in Tokyo

Bonobo is a small ramen restaurant that has tantanmen permanently on the menu! I love tantanmen, so I was really happy to find it. The tantanmen is delicious! They play up-beat jazz in the shop too at a good volume. It's not too loud, but loud enough that you can hear it well enjoy it while you eat. There are outside tables too, which I would recommend if you want to talk while you're eating. I get the impression that it's preferred for you to be quiet inside, since it's small and talking might bother others, to eat quickly and leave right away.

I feel a little "Nit picky" writing this review, and there were a few things I noticed that didn't bother me personally, but I think might bother others. Firstly, the man behind the counter didn't speak to my friends and I at all, which is fine, but when I tried to hand him the ticket for my order, he just tapped his finger on the counter without speaking or smiling. I thought he was angry with me about something!? Maybe he was shy to talk to foreigners, but even just asking to put it on the counter would have felt more friendly.

The AC unit on the ceiling above the ticket machine is covered in black dust and dirt. I guess it's hard to keep clean in a restaurant, because oil and stuff from cooking gets into the air and then into the AC. I cook a lot at home, so I felt like "Ahh, I can see why that would happen." but it might be off-putting to someone else.

Those negative points didn't make my visit less pleasant, and the ramen was great, so...

Tantanmen is well flavored, but it is too tepid for my taste. The soup was steaming so my guess is that the noodles are partially precooked and only briefly boiled. This is probably OK for the ramens in lots of hot soup, but the tantanmen is served in less. (Not complaining about the volume; it's fine. It's a shame about the temperature, because otherwise it is well prepared and good tantanmen is hard to find.) Small place, but that's not unusual or a problem. It is a popular place and...

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