Myojo Chuka Soba Tomita Tonkotsu Gyokai Instant Ramen
Today, for lunch I bought a cup of instant ramen from Myojo at a 7 Eleven convenience store near my house. It has been a while since I last ate instant ramen, but the...
Category: Sightseeing places
Nissin Nakiryu Shirunashi Tantanmen Instant Dandan Noodles
On November 26, 2019, the selection for the MICHELIN Guide Tokyo 2020 was unveiled. In the guidebook, 22 ramen restaurants have been listed, among which “Sosakumenkobo Nakiryu (創作麺工房 鳴龍)” (Google Map) and “Soba House Konjiki...
Sanyo Okushiba Shoten Instant Sapporo Soup Curry Ramen
Yesterday, on the way home from work I dropped in at a 7 Eleven convenience store as usual and headed to the instant noodles section to see if there was something appealing. As a...
Kanayasan : I Visited the Cradle of Skiing in Japan
In the previous article, I talked about the Japanese ski soup “Ski Jiru (スキー汁)” and mentioned the place where the art of skiing was first introduced from abroad. Specifically, for the first time in...
Instant Soba Noodles for New Year’s Eve 2020 in Japan
Happy New Year 2020! I spent the night of the last day of the year 2019, or the New Year’s Eve 2020, watching TV with my family, and ate “Toshikoshi Soba (年越し蕎麦 : New...
Fu Manju: Kyoto’s Anko-Stuffed Wheat Gluten Cake
Known as a traditional Japanese confection or Wagashi, “Manju (饅頭)” is a steamed bun filled with sweet Azuki red bean paste or “Anko (餡子)”. There are many variations of Manju cakes in various areas in...
I Enjoyed Aoshima Shokudo’s Shoga Shoyu Ramen in Nagaoka
Niigata is a prefecture located about 300 km northwest of Tokyo. In the prefecture, the city “Nagaoka (長岡)” has the second largest population, approximately 2.7 hundred thousand, after the city Niigata. Nagaoka is nationally...
Nagasaki Castella: A Classic Japanese Sponge Cake
Known as a traditional Japanese confection Wagashi, “Castella (カステラ)” is a fluffy sponge cake made from hen’s egg, wheat flour, sugar, and starch syrup. As for the origin, there are 2 major theories and it...
