There is a very popular and delicious spicy ramen around Tokyo called Kikanbo 鬼金棒. There is always a long line in front of the ramen restaurant, but it is worth waiting in line. And the line moves quickly because it doesn’t so much time to cook ramen and eat it.
Kikanbo 鬼金棒
It tastes rich miso, numb and spicy thanks to a Japanese pepper and a red pepper. The original miso is mixed cheese, peanut paste, nam pla(Thai fish sauce) and some spices. The good taste is condensed into the soup.
The most feature of this ramen is spice and numbness.
The spice is called Kara カラ that is mixed several original chili peppers.
The numbness is called shibi シビ. The numbness is from the original numb oil that is extracted from the Japanese finest Sansho pepper, the Chinese sichuan pepper and some pot herbs.
You can choose the quantities of chili pepper called Kara カラ for a spicy level and Sansho pepper called Shibi シビ for a numb level.
The toppings
The roasted pork fillet for a topping is unbelievably delicious!! It’s thick but so soft that it hangs down from the chopsticks. It tastes like soy sauce and a Chinese anise. It seems like big to eat but you can eat more and more.
The young corn for a topping is roasted a little. The roasted aroma makes you hungry and the charred corn goes well with a spicy and numb ramen.
By the way why is a young corn on the ramen? Usually the toppings are like bean sprouts, green onion, fermented bamboo shoots or boiled egg. A young corn portrayed a metal rod.
Double advantage 鬼に金棒
The restaurant name of Kikanbo comes from a Japanese proverb. It means a demon has a metal rod, then he gets more stronger. It’s like the more Moors, the better victory or adding wings to a tiger.
That’s why there are many statues of demons in the restaurant associated with a demon.
Summary
There are several kinds of ramen in Japan not only soy sauce. salt, miso flavor but also rich pork bone or Shibi Kara like Kikanbo. When you visit Japan, you can try many kinds of ramen!!
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