煮干ラーメン - Niboshi Ramen, ￥750
In an attempt to introduce you to more shops in a variety of areas and try and step away from lazily writing reviews of those closer to home, I ventured into the big smoke, Shinjuku. To be more specific, I went to Kabukicho and to be even more specific, the Golden Gai - a unique area comprised of a few narrow lines littered with tiny bars. It tends to be more alive in the evening which is reflected by the fact that Nagi is open until 5am.
Nagi is on the second floor, however there is only the one person working so be sure to buy your ticket and hand it to him before you join the queue. Since you'll be waiting outside and he'll be stuck preparing ramen for other hungry customers, the only way to know when to come back in is when he calls you from the window. Once inside you'll be rubbing shoulders with those next to you.
And the chef doesn't have much space either...
The specialty here is niboshi ramen, a shoyu based soup that it is completed with stock of dried baby sardines.
The combination of the shoyu and niboshi makes for a flavourful soup with a strong aftertaste and the only way to serve this style of ramen is piping hot... It was blisteringly so... I was glad I waited until the weather had cooled slightly before coming here. Although it wouldn't have made much difference.
Nagi is definitely worth a try if you're willing to brave the elements of the Golden Gai...
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