HechiKan — Restaurant in Yokohama

Creative, unique ramen.

I went for dinner ~8PM on a Monday. Had no trouble getting a seat. Loved the interior design and ceramics selection. Really displayed the chefs' attention to detail and creative vision.

At the menu's suggestion, I ordered the three appetizer set and ramen. Each appetizer was great. The standout was the bacon, which had that delectable woody, smoky flavor. The ramen itself was great too. When I was there, the recipe was a sardine-seafood broth. It had a rich, fishy taste of the ocean. It was a smart choice on the chef's part to serve it as broth and noodles alone, with only a little raw onion as garnish. It really put the stock's flavor and noodle's texture front and center.

Ordering sake is required here, as well it should be. I ended up ordering two. The house's sake was crisp and refreshing. I also got the Zanso Hoari "Black" sake. It is cloudy and opaque. A kind of sake you do not find back home in America. Delicious, worth trying.

Overall, very good. I would like to go back to see what the chefs...

Mind blowing ramen. Challenged ramen as an art form in a way I never thought possible. The best one that I had was a seasonal item, and it was a cold oyster noodle. The sauce was a thick blended oyster cream like concoction that had none of the unpleasant oyster sliminess, just pure fresh taste of the sea and the sweetness of oysters. The sauce was pulverized (and maybe strained many times) to achieve a fine foamy texture. The coldness of the sauce made the noodles extra chewy without being overly firm and it was such an addicting sensation after standing in line 30 minutes. The other items were quite good and standout by themselves as well. They have an interesting system where you can add additional sauce at the end to try different flavors, and I don’t think you can go wrong with...

I was really happy with this ramen. The people they don’t line up in front of the restaurant but behind the corner, in a parking lot. The shop inside is nice, few stylish details like the lamps. The ramen is really good! The broth has an intense but not strong flavour. The fish taste doesn’t really come out immediately, I doubted for one second that it was a niboshi based broth. The flavour is really good, not too salty, not weak but smooth. The noodles are thin but really hard. Good but not amazing. I was really happy with the quail eggs and the chashu, that it’s tender and juicy. Almost like an...