(somewhere in Golden Gai)
My almost weekly trip to the Shibuya Nagi is always met with a cold beer and a hot bowl of noodles, and also an invitation to their newest shop in Shinjuku. Deep in the heart of Golden Gai, a place which must be seen, is this little ramen shop. Golden Gai will be in your travel books, or easily pointed out by a local host. Hunrdeds of small drinking establishments, most only holding 4 or 5 people at a time line the dark alleys.
There's also a ramen shop holding about 5 cozy people.
On a tuesday night at 7:30 there were a few people in there, but I was able to squeeze into a seat.
The special here is the long flat noodles, which are then cut by hand into thin ones.
The standard bowl also comes with a couple uncut noodles thrown in for fun.
One thing about Nagi, with it's 3 locations in Tachikawa, Shibuya, and Shinjuku is that each one has a very different taste. At the Golden Gai shop, a lot of fish goes into making the thick soup. Also a good amount of green onions. So expect a strong taste.
The owner is a cool guy named Ikuda. Very welcoming, he was overjoyed that I had come from the Shibuya shop and that I was somewhat of a ramen maniac. But, unfortunately, he speaks crazy fast, so I only understood a third of what he said!
Oh, and it's open late. This says until 4am...
3 comments:
My friends and I are going to by Tokyo for 5 days in May. Why don't you take us here for Ramen and we'll buy you a bowl and a dink :)
I never say no to a free bowl! Send me an email at macduckston at gmail.
went here last night, and it was fantastic!
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