Beautiful chukasoba style shoyu ramen at Chukasoba Mitaka (Tokyo)

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1. [Chukasoba Mitaka (中華そば みたか)](https://youtu.be/SN_EQ_IG48U) looks back to an over 70 year old history of ramen making at its current spot. Opened in 1949 as Chukasoba Eguchi, the shop was handed into the second generation, which changed the name, but kept essentially everything else the same.

   The nostalgia seeps out of everything in this shop. From the shop itself, the interior, the cooking methods and the final ramen itself, everything reminds you of a time that has long gone. But here, it is kept alive.

   First of all, the ramen here is an absolute steal. 600 Yen for a basic bowl, which currently isn’t even $5 USD. The version with extra wantan and chashu clocks in at 900 Yen. Go with that one, you won’t regret it.

   The ramen here has all kind of interesting features, even though it looks like a regular old school chukasoba style shoyu ramen bowl. The bowl is seemingly put together in a haphazard way, using renge style ramen spoons to ladle out 1 spoonful of shoyu tare and 2 spoonfuls of aroma oil, which are mixed with a GOOD helping of msg and a clear broth. The result is a quite punching soup that is hard to stop slurping down to the end.

   The soup itself is quite complex, made with pork, chicken, dried fish and a mix of veggies like onions, cabbage. The chashu is quite classic pork belly, not very strongly seasoned in my opinion. It is prepared by frying in lard first and then boiling in soy sauce based seasoning sauce.

   If you would like to get some more details and a personal review, I made a short video about this shop: [https://youtu.be/SN_EQ_IG48U](https://youtu.be/SN_EQ_IG48U)

2. I wanna dip my Gyoza in it.

3. chashu looks good