The Super Late 2009 Ramen Roundup

[kojaxs]

At the 115 day point in my stay in Japan I compiled all the ramen joints I had eaten at in this post. Obviously I didn't stop going to ramen shops at that point. In the end, to the best of my recollection, I visited 49 different ramen shops in 2009. All the shops were in Japan, except for one bowl of Dandanmian I had in Beijing.

The full list is under the cut, feel free to ask me of my opinion on any of the shops.

The general location of the shop is in brackets, shops with multiple locations indicates all the different branches where I've eaten.
I have visited shops with the ★ mark at least twice, and I highly recommend shops with the ☆ mark.
Finally, the list is in no particular order. It's actually the order in which I remembered the shops.

1. 鏡花（立川）★ ☆
2. 一蘭（立川、渋谷、新宿）★ ☆
3. 一風堂（吉祥寺、池袋、六本木、高田馬場）★ ☆
4. ぶぶか（吉祥寺）★
5. 宗（高田馬場）★ ☆
6. 凪（立川）
7. 桂花（立川、新宿）★
8. まっち棒（渋谷）★ ☆
9. きら星（武蔵境）
10. 麺や ここいち（新宿）
11. 二郎（新宿）
12. 美華園（新橋）
13. 辣椒漢（神田）★ ☆
14. 武蔵家 中野本店（中野）★ ☆
15. 赤坂屋‎（中野）
16. 青葉（中野）
17. 二代目 武道家（中野）★
18. 艶まる（中野）★
19. 麺や天鳳（中野）★ ☆
20. 珍珍珍（中野）★
21. 喜神（中野）★
22. 二代目 けいすけ（高田馬場）★ ☆
23. 屋台らーめん鷹流（高田馬場）☆
24. 一休軒（佐賀）
25. 渡なべ（高田馬場）★
26. 麺屋 闘賀（西国立）
27. 博多天神（新宿）★
28. アイバンラーメン（芦花公園）☆
29. 七福家（高田馬場）☆
30. 秀ちゃんラーメン（お台場）
31. かもん（中野）
32. 康竜（新宿）
33. 赤のれん（六本木）
34. らぁめん永楽 (丸ノ内)
35. 麺処くるり (市谷田町) ☆
36. 太 (高田馬場) ☆
37. 四代目 けいすけ (本駒込) ☆
38. 紅蓮 (早稲田) ☆
39. 純連 (高田馬場) ☆
40. 陳麻家 (成子坂下) ★ ☆
41. 光麺 (恵比寿)
42. 山頭火 (中野)
43. 中野大勝軒 (中野)
44. 一飯一面 (Beijing) I'm not sure if this was actually the name of the shop.
45. やぐら亭 (初台)
46. 蒙古タンメン中本 (新宿) ☆
47. ホープ軒 (吉祥寺)
48. 天雷軒 (中野) ★
49. へいぼん (中野)

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

How was your Beijing ramen? Lo mein?

- Michael

[kojaxs.livejournal.com]

The soup was quite awesome with the numbing spiciness of the Sichuan pepper you don't find too often in Japan. Unfortunately the noodles left a lot to be desired. Not sure what the noodles were exactly but they had very minimal presence in the mouth and did not complement the soup very well.