Monday, February 6, 2017

Namae no Nai Ramenya

I had some plans in Kyoto, which meant another opportunity to try ramen in the prefecture I don't visit as often as I should. Once again by time I was limited to the greater Shijo-Sanjo area, but I found a recently opened shop that was pretty interesting.

"Namae no Nai Ramenya" means "the ramen shop with no name". Either the shop has no name, or that is the shop's name. At any rate, it was hard to find on a map, being in the basement of a random building and having no discernible sign outside.

京都の予定があったので、またあまり行かない京都符のラーメンを食べる機会ですね。今回も時間があまりありませんでしたから四条と三条の辺にしか行けませんでした。

「なまえのないラーメン屋さん」なんですけど、本当に名前がないみたです。政府にどうやって登録したかな。とにかく、看板もないので見つかり辛かったです。


Inside was a nice garden, and a vending machine that looked just like the one in Sugari, not too far from this shop. It turns out that the two shops are related, and like Sugari, this one offered motsu ramen, tsukemen, and curry tsukemen. I was feeling ramen, so I went with that.

店内には、なんかの庭がありました。それに、すがりとそっくり似ていた販売機も置いてありました。結局すがりと連携していて、すがりと同じ濃厚ラーメン、つけ麺、カレーつけ麺がありました。ラーメンの気分だったので、ラーメンにしました。


A variety of spices available to mix in.
お好みの香辛料もかけられます。

The Bowl
This was a chicken paitan that was very rich without being too thick and goopy. It was well spiced, with a bit of pepper, and mellowed out by the seafood soup. The noodles were brown and square. They looked and even tasted a bit like soba.

Unusually, there was a tomato in the ramen, a sweet interlude during the otherwise salty meal. There was a single meatball that was also quite interesting. It had a grainy texture, but it tasted more like juicy, fried chicken.

味深い鶏白湯で、こてこてしすぎませんでした。スパイスがよく効いて、魚介スープでまろやか感がしました。麺が四角くて茶色でした。見た目も、味も、そばに似ていました。

びっくりしましたけど、トマトが乗っていました。塩辛いラーメンに甘味のトマトの休憩で癒しました。肉玉もなかなか面白かったです。食感はつぶつぶですけど、味はなんかジューシーフライドチキンっぽかったです。

Would I Go Again?
I would; there are a few more shops in the same family that I might try.

また興味あります。他の連携している店があるので、それに行くかもしれせん。

Should You Go?
Yes.

おすすめします。

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なまえのないラーメン屋

2 comments:

  1. Your blog is a welcome respite from my work. Thanks. Have you tried http://kyotofoodie.com/mamezen-soba-soymilk-ramen/? I tried to get there with my brother but it was closed. They have odd hours.

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    1. Thanks for the comment!
      I haven't been to that shop, but it looks good. I'm always interested in vegetarian ramen. It's far but I'll try to make it some time!

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