Ramen Sakurai — Restaurant in Tokyo

Today we visited Menya Sakurai! Speaking of ramen shops in Mitaka, ..!Here is a compact review of the ramen I'm interested in.

A word of review. The restaurant is a well-known restaurant in Mitaka, where you can enjoy a perfect bowl of crisp soy sauce.

【Access from the station It is a 10-minute walk from Mitaka Station. It is just the right distance for exercise.Located in a residential area, you will see a line of people waiting in front of the restaurant.

Seating The interior of the restaurant is simple, clean, and relaxing.The number of seats is small, but the turnover rate seems to be high.

Interior. The interior is simple, clean, and has a relaxed atmosphere.

Dishes The special soy sauce ramen is not too strong, and the chicken-based soup stock is perfectly integrated with the soy sauce flavor. Combined with smooth, straight, thin noodles with high water content, the overall balance is excellent. The ingredients are also delicious, especially the three kinds of chashu pork, which is wonderful in terms of seasoning, texture, and aroma.

The menu is very simple, clean, and relaxing!Menu】 【Selection】. The special shoyu ramen is highly recommended. The other items on the menu are also very interesting,

Price】 【Price】. I found it to be reasonably priced, yet of...

Very well regarded ramen store in Tokyo, Menya Sakurai is a must go for any tourist willing to venture outside the typical ramen shops around Shibuya and Shinjuku. A ten minute walk from Mitaka, the store is in a small neighborhood surrounded by residential houses.

Specialities are Shoyu Ramen and Niboshi Ramen, but during the summers there is also a cold soup ramen.

The Hiyashi Ramen (Cold soup) is a light chicken broth with roasted garlic, tofu, komatsuna (mustard greens) and a steamed chicken. Broth is light but very flavorful. Noodles have a chewy texture that compliments the soup very well.

Shoyu Ramen was a very rich soy sauce broth. If you get the large you'll enjoy the steamed chicken, char sui and egg for toppings.

Anyone looking to have a change from the typical chain shops around Tokyo should definitely make...

If you're tired of all the ramen around Shibuya and Shinjuku, you can check out this spot a bit outside of the main areas. It is quite a journey.. A long one because there was a lot of walking.

Overall the ramen was probably one of the top ones I've had for sure for a chicken based soup. I believe there is pork bones as well. I ordered the Shoyu ramen in a medium serving. They offer 2 types of pork chasu and 1 type of chicken. They were all very tender and delicious, and so was the egg. The noodles had a good bite to them but were also a bit on the softer side.

With the shop being about a 15 minute walk from the nearest station, I'm not sure if I'll return unless I'm in the area. It is worth...