赤味噌らーめん+玉子 - Red Miso Ramen + Egg, ￥950
Tokyo Ramen Street at Tokyo Station is a pretty good place to start if you're introducing yourself to the world of Ramen - There are eight stores in total and there seems to be a good variety of soups and styles to cater to anybody, no matter what you prefer. Me? Well, I prefer not waiting in a queue too long when I have the option of doing so. Especially when I'm hungry. Mutsumiya seemed to have the shortest wait. Considering it was a national holiday, five minutes wasn't so bad. And then I got to play with some individually wrapped crushed garlic.
The turnover at these places must be pretty insane - open for 12 hours a day, at least 20 seats inside and always a queue. Mutsumiya also recently opened a store in Thailand. Which must keep Mr. Mutsumiya very busy.
Mutsumiya is from Hokkaido and specialises in the local miso ramen. Despite operating in Tokyo the soup is still made from Hokkaido water. Obviously I couldn't taste the difference... Because I, ah, didn't, um, have a bowl with non-Hokkaido water to compare it to.
I was glad I got the egg to go with it.
It certainly doesn't pull any punches and there are no surprises. It's miso ramen from Hokkaido without any Tokyo twist added to it. Very solid. If you're feeling in need of a little more adventure you can try the kim-chi miso ramen. I was pretty happy with the soup and the chashu had a nice smoky flavour. And, well, you can see the egg.
Finishing the soup off was great but it also revealed a pretty weathered bowl. Now, we all know someone has eaten from a bowl before us, but this one and all of the others in the store could do with a bit of a touch up. What is the average lifespan of a dish anyway?
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