パパパパパイン (Papapapapine in Machida, Tokyo)

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パイナップルラーメン屋さんパパパパパイン

I returned to the infamous pineapple ramen spot after many years. Since they moved from Ogikubo to Machida, I haven’t had the energy to travel the hour plus to get there from central Tokyo. But, as someone who enjoys, even loves pineapple on burgers and pizza, I get a craving for pineapple ramen now and then. Yes, I think pineapple is fine on pizza #italians_mad_at_food.

Machida is on the border of Tokyo and Kanagawa. It’s actually only 37 minutes by express train (34 minutes if you spend an extra 400 yen for a Romance Car train), but it always feels like more. Well, for a ramen hunter Machida is a bit of a battleground for good slurps. At the crossroads of both the Odakyu Line and Yokohama Line, you’re just a few stops for the next bowl.

Regardless of my preference for Papapapapine’s old location (about 10 minutes from central Tokyo), the craving is still there.

The menu is still full of pineapple ramen choices and various pineapple-related treats.

A frosty pineapple beer from Taiwan. Kanpai!

One out-of-focus bowl of ramen photo coming right up!

Seafood-based shio ramen with a touch of pineapple juice and pineapple chunk topping. You’d think the pineapple flavors would be intense, but the soup tastes more like a slightly sweet shrimp soup than a slightly shrimpy pineapple juice. If you don’t like shrimp, they also offer a regular shio ramen, though I’ve never tried it to my knowledge. The menu also offers shoyu, tsukemen, and spicy ramen.

Papapapapine has request limited bowls. I remember a cheese and strawberry ramen from years ago being quite nice.

The egg is marinated in pineapple juice. The secret to the bright yellow color is turmeric. A slight sweetness but nothing over the top.

I still have the shirt that I got years ago when I shot a video here.

I’m happy to say that I still have the #1 English language pineapple ramen video on YouTube (SusuruTV obviously has me beat).

Official Twitter here. Check here for their strange and unusual limited bowls.

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