Yarō Ramen — Restaurant in Tokyo

We saw the Megaton ramen featured on Abroad in Japan and knew we had to try this place. The bowl looked massive and the toppings seemed endless, but thankfully there were other options that were normal sized that appeared super appetizing.

Since Shibuya was in the books to visit, we made it our mission to go here for lunch. The storefront really draws you in with those fake food displays so you get a 360 view of each bowl. Boyfriend was set on accepting the challenge of the Megaton, but I decided to try out one of their popular choice - Miso Butter Corn.

When we arrived, two seats just opened up and we were seated within a minute of arrival. The host helped us place our order at the vending machine and we took the tickets to our seat. Once seated, we handed it over to the chef and they started assembling the pieces. Since it's just bar seating only, you get a nice view of how everything goes down.

It took about 10 minutes for our food to arrive. They prep the broth followed by noodles and then toppings. The toppings consisted of a generous amount of par-boiled bean sprouts (like a serious handful per bowl, possibly 2 for megaton), choices of proteins and other miscellaneous veggies. Mine came with a healthy slab of butter for flavor and creaminess to the broth!

The noodles are a bit thicker than we had anticipated and there was an abundance of bean sprouts. Although the meal was enjoyable and incredibly filling, boyfriend left unsatisfied with the overall experience. For me, I felt it was nice to try, but not a huge recommendation to friends as a...

2 stars – mainly because the staff were friendly and the broth was decent. I ordered the Ganso Kobuta Yaro Large for ¥1,030 plus ¥300 extra for the large size, but it honestly wasn’t large at all..especially compared to almost every other ramen place I’ve been to in Tokyo or elsewhere in Japan over the past two years. The bowl was about 70–80% bean sprouts, with just two tiny pieces of meat, one of which was pure fat. The flavor was okay-ish, but overall it felt like poor value. The loud TV playing J-Pop or K-Pop in the corner didn’t help either...who needs that in a ramen shop? 😭 I suspected it might be a tourist trap since it’s on Center Gai in Shibuya, but I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt. Turns out, I should’ve trusted my gut. No wonder Ramen Jiro usually has a proper queue outside...it’s miles better in...

The famous ramen with mountain of bean sprouts on top over the bowl. They specialize in Tonkatsu soup ramen. This place also serving very huge bowl of ramen with reasonable price, it huge with big portion in everything from Chashu pork, ramen noodle and bean sprouts. The signature bowl is Tonkatsu ramen with bean sprouts. They cooked it freshly, especially the bean sprouts, stir fried with their style of cooking and then top it over your ramen bowl. It's come with large amount of bean sprouts and easily make you stomach full, it really make you hard to finish the bowl even in standard size. The Tonkatsu also flavorful not too oily, but rich in flavor and aromatic from their signature soup. Chashu pork also really delicious, it very...