KICHITORA @ SHIBUYA

You must try this special Ramen place in the middle of Shibuya. I do not have an address but you can sniff it out. The noodles are home made, they come in 5 sizes, at the same price. A neat marketing ploy as there is simply no way one can have more than the regular size (with red strip) without the dipping sauce, unless one is prepared to inhale them Japanese style, dry and plain or order extra sauces. Without question the sauce is the star. It is a super creamy, code for fatty, concoction with generous pieces of chicken and the quintessential marinated bamboo shoots. Interestingly this 'Prosperous Tiger' as translated has a branch in Manila, of all places, where pork and not chicken reigns.The picture was taken around 6pm but by the time I stepped out, around 630pm, a queue of 30+ appeared.