Five Popular Tsukemen Restaurants in Tokyo Worth Waiting For

First, you should try the specialty menu item that the restaurant recommends, the salt-based ramen made with chicken broth (790 JPY (incl. tax)). The chicken tsukemen (790 JPY (incl. tax)) made with plenty of free-range chicken, is popular. It is a dish that challenges the standard expectations of tsukemen. It comes with thin menma bamboo shoots, lemon, two types of char siu (chicken breast and pork), and the dipping sauces are so rich and creamy that a coat forms on top. Apparently, they use mayonnaise and Thai fish fish sauce as hidden ingredients. There is plenty of meat so it feels like a good deal. It is served with garlic chips sprinkled on top. There is the main restaurant in Nishi-Shinjuku, and a branch in Shinagawa. (There are differences in the menu between the two restaurants.)

This is a tsukemen and ramen shop in Shibuya with an unusual name. It is a tsukemen/ramen shop at lunch, and becomes an izakaya in the evening. The karei tsukemen (690 JPY) is a simple tsukemen of noodles and curry, and the special karei tsukemen (950 JPY) comes with toppings of roast pork, egg, and naruto fish paste. ("Karei" means "splendid.") The basil karei tsukemen (790 JPY)"comes with pesto on the noodles, and the special basil karei tsukemen (1,050 JPY) comes with the previously-mentioned toppings. The dipping sauce is a steaming hot and spicy curry served in a pot. This curry is very good, so the tsukemen is popular. The restaurant has a wide selection of lunch items including the tsukemen and ramen, as well as bowls and sets.

This is the original vegipota (soup with vegetable paste) tsukemen shop located in Kichijoji. It is said that "tsukemen is a ramen for enjoying the noodles" and that you get a different impression depending on the noodle. This restaurant is credited with introducing a style where customers can choose from four different types of noodles. The vegipota tsukemen (800 JPY (incl. tax)) comes with an extremely thick soup made by simmering pork and chicken bones for several hours and adding an original vegetable paste to bring out the sweetness of the vegetables. The noodle is a straight noodle made with wheat germ (the part that germinates to grow into a plant). The noodles with the strong fragrance of wheat and the super thick soup make for a very satisfying dish!