Well well well, the famed ichiran ramen with partition that separate you from the other diners so you won’t feel embarrassed getting stared at while you slurp your ramen.
Ichiran is hugely popular in Japan and among tourists and it’s not hard to see why. Firstly, they have branches in Tokyo - shibuya, shinjuku etc. The one I went to this time was located at osaka, namba dotonbori street and it’s located right next to Don Quixote (another fav spots of mine, more of this in another post alright?) and open for 24 hours (night owls say yes for ramen as supper!)
Dotonbori is located very near namba and nipponbashi and is within walking distance from shinsaibashi and nagahoribashi.
The whole stretch of dotonbori is full of food ranging from crabs, kushi katsu, yakiniku, okonomiyaki, ramen and all. You will definitely be able to find something that you like. Some shops open till late and some open for 24 hours as well, just be sure to enquire before going.
Ichiran is hugely popular in Japan and among tourists and it’s not hard to see why. Firstly, they have branches in Tokyo - shibuya, shinjuku etc. The one I went to this time was located at osaka, namba dotonbori street and it’s located right next to Don Quixote (another fav spots of mine, more of this in another post alright?) and open for 24 hours (night owls say yes for ramen as supper!)
Dotonbori is located very near namba and nipponbashi and is within walking distance from shinsaibashi and nagahoribashi.
The whole stretch of dotonbori is full of food ranging from crabs, kushi katsu, yakiniku, okonomiyaki, ramen and all. You will definitely be able to find something that you like. Some shops open till late and some open for 24 hours as well, just be sure to enquire before going.
Ok back to ichiran. This 24 hours ichiran is always crowded (at least when I’m there) and when I finally got to eat my ichiran it was when I went for the third time and I went at 9pm, there’s still a long queue outside despite the fact that it’s raining. Everyone was queuing with their umbrellas and all. Thank God though, that the turnover rate is high we didn’t waited very long, probably around 20-30 mins?
While you are queuing the shop will have people giving you pieces of paper for you to write how you will like your ramen to be - less oil, more oil, firm noodles, soft noodles and so on.
There’s display outside on their bring-home ramen that you can cook yourself.
Then you go into the shop and buy tickets from the machine while queuing again then when you are seated, just pass the ticket and the customization paper to the shop person. Oh the normal ramen dont include egg I think. I have to get the egg from a different ticket.
As we customized our own noodles, each noodles taste different (including soup, some are spicier and thicker and saltier while some just taste super diluted) but my mum and I enjoyed our noodles and we are satisfied with it.
As we customized our own noodles, each noodles taste different (including soup, some are spicier and thicker and saltier while some just taste super diluted) but my mum and I enjoyed our noodles and we are satisfied with it.
More info on ichiran here
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