This time we would like to introduce you to “Mengoku Icchan”, a ramen restaurant located in Fushimi, Kyoto.
It is a new restaurant that just opened on November 1, 2022, but it has already become so popular that there is already a line out the door.
This time we will report on Icchan.
Outline of the store
The store is located in Fushimi, Kyoto
This restaurant is located in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City, a town well known for Ryoma Street and Fushimi’s local sake.
The store is located in the Otesuji shopping street, which is still rather lively in Fushimi. The arcade is directly connected to the nearest station, Keihan Fushimi Momoyama Station, so your visit is not affected by the weather.
Access, etc.
- Business hours: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Closed: None in particular
- Parking: None in particular
- Address: From First Building 1F, 749 Higashiote-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, 612-8053, Japan
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There is no free parking in the shopping arcade, but there are many coin-operated parking lots in the neighborhood, so you will have no trouble finding a place to park for now.
Menu & Taste
There are 4 kinds of ramen in total.
Here is the menu, which requires a meal ticket.
There are two mainstay menus, soy sauce and back fat soy sauce, and two fascinating menus, kombu-sui tsukemen (tsukemen with kelp water) and truffle-scented mazesoba (mazesoba with truffle).
The orthodox, but not ordinary shoyu ramen
First, let’s start with the orthodox Shoyu Ramen.
The soy sauce broth is candy-colored, with no cloying oil, and the noodles are thin and a little firm. The noodles are thin and a little firm, and the chashu pork is made up of two pieces of chicken and one large piece of pork, which shows the attention to detail of the chef. The soup is as light as it looks, and the thin noodles are easy to eat with the delicate flavor of the soy sauce.
Mazesoba with an elegant aroma
From the menu that does not seem to be a standard item, we chose mazesoba.
From the moment the bowl is placed on the table, the aroma of truffles is wafting from the eggs.
There seems to be a certain way of eating mazesoba, but you can safely assume that it is almost the same as ordinary mazesoba.
The flat, medium-thick noodles are very satisfying. My general impression of mazesoba is that it is like Taiwanese mazesoba with lots of garlic and a strong, bold flavor, but this is completely different.
Conclusion
That’s all for this time.
I introduced only soy sauce and mazesoba, but there are a total of four varieties, and the taste was good enough to make me want to try the other two. The mazesoba, in particular, had a slightly different taste that overturned the concept of what I had eaten before, and it was very innovative.
I have uploaded a youtube version.
We have uploaded a youtube version of Mengyoku Icchan’s noodle shop we introduced this time.
Please take a look if you like it.
