Tonchin Ikebukuro — Restaurant in Tokyo

I appreciate the cleanliness of Tonchin. The kitchen floor of a typical ramen shop is usually messy but theirs is not (or at least what’s viewable from my angle).

Aside from being well-kept, Tonchin looks very inviting with its bright lights. It also has a team of three efficient staff in the evening.

Their tonkotsu ramen looks exactly like the picture displayed on the ticket vending machine and tastes good. I think you’ll also enjoy like I did the unusually-shaped chashu, seasoned menma, and ajitama, along with the straight noodles that are boiled to just the right firmness.

I am wondering why some reviews here say otherwise (but I do agree that the miso ramen isn’t as good as the tonkatsu ramen). Maybe I don’t have much experience yet in knowing what makes an excellent ramen excellent. Or maybe the recipe changed and the current one pales in comparison with the previous one.

I should mention that the store has counter seats only and is patronized mostly, if not all, by...

There is English under Japanese.

ワタクシの中でのラーメンの聖地、屯ちんの池袋本店に行きました‼️ 22時頃の訪問だったんですが、まさかの待ち無しで入れました✨ 超絶得した気分になりました(≧∀≦)

入ってすぐ右に券売機があります。 あれ？ ここも券売機に変更になったのかー‼️ と感じました(・∀・) なんせ、朝ラーメンで西口の方ばかり行っていたよで、東口の本店は久々でしたからね♪

本日は、東京豚骨ラーメン(¥850)に特入り(¥350)を購入✨ いつもは魚豚ラーメンを選んでいるので、久々に王道の東京豚骨ラーメンにしました(°▽°)

水を飲んだり写真を撮っていると、ラーメンが到着(o^^o) 本日は、かなり早い到着です☆ どんぶりの中は、ちぢれ麺の上に丸く切った青ネギ・ちょい辛白髪ネギ・海苔・味玉・チャーシューか乗ってます‼️ 背脂も隙間から見えて非常に美味しそうです✨

まずはスープを一杯。 …。 美味しくて幸せです(//∇//)
コクがあって旨味があって、流石の一言です！

少し混ぜて、ネギを海苔にくるんで頂きます。 これも美味い(ﾟ∀ﾟ) ただ、海苔が1枚しかないから、1度しかこの食べ方できないんですよ(^◇^;) さすがにもうちょい海苔食べたいです☆

味玉もスープにとっても合ってますし、チャーシューもスープとよく合います♪

ちぢれ麺も、とってもスープに絡んで最高でしたね(((o(ﾟ▽ﾟ)o)))

また行く機会もあることでしょう✨

ってなわけで、 屯ちん 池袋本店、満足で美味しかったです‼️ ご馳走さまでした(´꒳`)

I went to the Ikebukuro main branch of Tunchin, a sacred place for ramen in my life! ️ I visited around 10pm, but I was able to get in without waiting ✨ I felt like I had gained a tremendous amount of money (≧∀≦)

There is a ticket vending machine on the right as soon as you enter. that? Has this place also been changed to a ticket vending machine? ️ I felt that (・∀・) After all, I used to go to the west exit for ramen in the morning, so it had been a while since I had visited the main store at the east exit.

Today, I bought Tokyo Tonkotsu Ramen (¥850) with a special price (¥350)✨ I usually choose fish and pork ramen, so I decided to try the classic Tokyo tonkotsu ramen for the first time in a while (°▽°)

While I was drinking water and taking pictures, the ramen arrived (o^^o) Arrived quite early today☆ Inside the bowl, on top of the curly noodles are sliced ​​green onions, slightly spicy white-haired green onions, seaweed, flavored eggs, and chashu pork. ️ You can see the back fat through the gap and it looks very delicious ✨

First, have a cup of soup. …. It's delicious and I'm happy(//∇//)
It's rich and flavorful, which is just one word!

Mix it up a bit and wrap the green onions in the seaweed. This is also delicious (ﾟ∀ﾟ) However, since there is only one sheet of seaweed, you can only eat it this way once (^◇^;) I really want to eat some seaweed☆

The flavored eggs go well with the soup, and the chashu goes well with the soup♪

The curly noodles also went really well with the soup (((o(ﾟ▽ﾟ)o)))

I'm sure I'll have a chance to go again ✨

So, Tunchin Ikebukuro main store was satisfying and delicious!! ️ Thank you for...

Are you craving for carbohydrate bomb?

If yes, this is the place for you!

Most importantly, the condiments used for the ramen here stimulate your tastebuds and make you want to eat more.

Then the rice comes there to help with you. The rice is served for free. Some might argue that having ramen is enough and don’t see the necessity to go rice with ramen. However, let me tell you this, ramen and rice creates a reliable and long-lasting happiness for your body and stomach, what I mean by this is you can be totally full!

With that being said, I score five out of five for this ramen shop! Five minutes away from Ikebukuro...