Roppongi Menya Musashi Kosho — Restaurant in Tokyo

A very good bowl of tsukemen in an alley off the main road of Roppongi. The broth was thick and full of flavour, striking the right balance of umami and that light hint of sourness from fish stock. The texture was just perfect to cling onto the chewy, wavy and thick noodles. They added some black pepper to the noodles so you get that small burst of pepper spiciness in every few bites to break up the monotony of the beautiful thick meaty broth. The pork that came with it was OK, well cooked and just tender enough but not to the extent it disintegrates into your chopsticks but in my humble opinion, lacking a little in flavour. That being said, nothing that dipping it into the broth couldn’t easily fix. The egg was pretty much cooked through and my preference would be to have a gooey yolk but I’m not complaining, it had good soy sauce flavour and maintained a good bite to it.

It was very easy to order as they have an electronic machine to order and you can select English. It also gives you different sizes of noodles, so pretty generous and if you want a lot more (3x more), there’s a small extra charge. I would love to come back if...

lol was starving & looking for a random ramen place to eat near our hotel @ Act Hotel Roppongi, came across this and we were like eh? SG also have Menya Musashi and we love it, how about try this one! and yeah it was super good but a tad bit too salty. not complaining tho the food damn good and we were bursting from being too full. we were total noobs cos we dk how this kinda restaurants work in japan. basically, if the queue is too long, just queue ousside. then when it's ya turn to order, order on the machine (got english option, don't worry) then order finish keep your receipt!! then stand behind the seats! everyone does that lol we were like ? are we supposed to stand ??? basically the "queue" to wait for other patronizers to finish eating & leave the restaurant, then after standing behind their seats with your back against the wall, once they leave you can take their space and sit down and show the chefs your receipt! they'll cook for you & iirc all the chefs were Japanese but there was 1 from Nepal HAHA I legit opened my big mouth & asked him hey bro whr you from and he was like erm. Nepal. overall good...

By walking for 2-3 minutes from Roppongi station, you'll find "Musashi" that is one of the most recognized Ramen places in Tokyo. They have several branches in Tokyo and this one in Roppongi opened up in November 2011 and it looks like it's getting a good number of regulars now (I'm one of them).

It's basically a bonito-stock/soy-source-based ramen and it's very different from, for instance, "Tonkotsu Ramen" (Pork-bone broth Ramen). Pretty straight-forward soy-source ramen that's good quality. If you visit them for the first time, I'll say you should have "Tsukemen" (a different-style ramen - you get a soup and noodles separately and dip the noodles into the soup) and if you like it, come back and try the normal Ramen, simply because "Tsukemen" is always much easier to eat/like for foreigners.

This type of ramen falls under the "foreigner-friendly" category, I suppose. It does taste like "Japanese" but is easy enough to...