may the best noodles win
part 1 | part 2 | part 3
08/21/19
中華厨房 楽友軒
Chinese Kitchen,
Soboji, Toyooka
noodles: 6/10 skinny, too cooked imo
soup: 6/10 chinese style, too salty
chashu: 7.5/10
value: 7/10, big ass bowl, v filling
final score: 6.6/10
¥650
08/23/19
餃子の王将 豊岡店
Gyoza Osho
Nakakage, Toyooka
noodles: 6.5/10 too cooked, looks like instant ramen
soup: 8.5/10 good flavour, not too oily, drank it all
chashu: 6/10, kinda thin n dry
value: 6/10, smol bowl, pricey in comparison
total: 6.6/10
¥640
08/27/19
龍花
Ryuka
Choumachi, Toyooka
noodles: 7.5/10 thicc noodz the way i like em, could be more chewy
soup: 7.5/10 too thick to drink it all but good flavour
chashu: 7/10, fatty n flavourful
value: 7/10, average bowl, wish i coulda drank the soup
total: 7.3/10
¥670
08/28/19
ラーメン焼翁コープデイズ豊岡店
Ramen shop @ Co-Op Days Food Court L1
Kahirocho, Toyooka
noodles: 7/10 thicc n chewy even tho food court quality
soup: 7/10 decent flavour w hint of spice, drank it all but kinda pasty? maybe miso chunks not mixed (edit: apparently that’s the style)
chashu: 7/10, smol but suprisingly tasty
value: 7.5/10, pretty portion for me and includes half an egg!
total: 7.3/10
¥550
edit: round 2 just as good but the ramen chef was creepy af 😦 ok bye
edit 2: round 3 returned when chef’s wife was also there, tried the other style still bomb af
09/1/19
豊岡塩元帥
Shiogensui
Shoboji, Toyooka
noodles: 4/10 chinese style, did not like the noodles at all
soup: 6.5/10 ok but yuzu flavour too salty, didn`t finish
chashu: 7/10, not memorable
value: 7/10, decent portion size, filling
egg: 10/10 cooked to perfection (never included in rating i m here for the NOODz)
total: 6.1/10
¥760 (+¥110 for egg)
09/02/19
来来亭豊岡店
Rai Rai Tei
Nakakage, Toyooka
noodles: 7.5/10 thin (not my usual preference) but nice n chewy
soup: 8.5/10 good azz flavour, drank it all
chashu: 6.5/10 kinda fatty and all the pieces fell apart
value: 7.5/10, full af
egg: 8/10 average egg
total: 7.5/10
¥637 (+¥100 for egg)
09/03/19
Co-op Days Deli section
noodles: 2/10 basically instant noodles
soup: 7/10 drank it all.. unsure if hungry or iz tasty
chashu: 2.5/10 no flavour, dry, all fell apart
value: 8/10 cheap af
total: 4.9/10
¥289 (+20% off)
09/05/19
School Cafeteria
noodles: 5/10 not very chewy or flavourful
soup: 6/10 just shoyu flavour, no pork or tonkotsu
chashu: 4/10 just 2 pcs of ham but what do u expect at a school cafe (edit: ive gotten the caf granny to give me chikin karage instead heh)
value: 7/10 plus FREE WATERMELON FROM THE OBA-CHAN FTW
total: 5.5/10
¥400
09/23/19
ラーメン 清水屋
Ramen Shimizuya
Izumicho, Toyooka
noodles: 7/10 nice n chewy, not thick not thin
soup: 7/10 light, creamy tonkotsu but nothin special
chashu: 7/10 average, nothing special
value: 6/10 felt full, lotsa soup left, hearty meal but lil pricey side
total: 6.8/10 average af
¥750
09/28/19
ホットエアー
Hot Air Ramen
Tottori, Hyogo
noodles: 7.5/10 thick but chewy noods
soup: 6.5/10 soy based broth is their specialty n granted it was super light n clear but not my preference, nice touch w the veg on top
chashu: 8/10 very soft n flavourful
egg: 10/10 perfect
value: 6.5/10 felt satisfied after speedy driving an hour to tottori n arriving within 2mins of closing time but smol bowl
total: 7.1/10 インパクトはないけど、裏切らないぅまさ (taken from a google review. translation: no impact but also no betrayal.. accurate)
¥900
10/11/19
- がんこ
Ganko Japanese Cuisine @ ITM 2F
Itami Airport, Osaka
noodles: 6/10 thick generic noods but chewy
soup: 7/10 clear but nice flavour, tiny citrus and onion shavings for a light hint o flavour
chashu: 7/10 average, nothin special
egg: 9/10 v soft, impressive for airport foodcourt
value: 8/10 this is hands down amze pricing at an international airport, also my food arrived within 4 mins of ordering
total: 7/10
¥750
10/13/19
喜多方ラーメン
Kitakata Ramen @ Omoide Yokocho
Shinjuku, Tokyo
noodles: 8/10 just the way i like em
soup: 7/10 tbh i barely rmb bc a beer was consumed during this meal n we were tired n just inhaling away
chashu: 8.5/10 beyondddd soft and flavourful, but a lil too fatty for me
egg: 10/10 perfect
value: 7.5/10 perfect serving size. auntie ordered a combo with half ramen and half rice don for just ¥700!
total: 7.8/10 solid last dinner in tokyo
¥680 (+¥120 egg)
3/22/2020
三番館
Sanbankan Chinese Restaurant
Wadayama, Hyogo
noodles: 6/10 too soft
soup: 6/10 simple, classic shoyu but kinda oily
chashu: 6.5/10 nothing special
egg: 8/10 too soft and not much flavour
value: 7/10 wish there was much but cant ask for too much when its only 500y!
total: 6.6/10 shoulda got chinese food
¥550
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