Ramen Adventures

Ramen Shop Reviews from Japan and Abroad

  • Food Tours
  • Ramen Schools
    • Tokyo School!
    • Osaka School!
  • More
    • The Best Ramen!
    • What’s New?
    • Print and Media
    • Merch!
Primary
  • Food Tours
  • Ramen Schools
    • Tokyo School!
    • Osaka School!
  • More
    • The Best Ramen!
    • What’s New?
    • Print and Media
    • Merch!

焼鳥 山もと (Yamamoto in Mitaka, Tokyo)

Rating4 Star
0 Reviews
Add Photos
Write a Review
焼鳥 山もと
Yamamoto is one of my favorite higher-end yakitori shops in Tokyo. It’s located out in Mitaka, so your chances of scoring a seat are much better than one of the great shops in central Tokyo, like Torishiki, Bird Land, or Imai. Recommended without hesitation.
Recently, they started opening at lunch to serve chicken ramen. Chicken ramen from one of Tokyo’s best yakitori joints?

 

 

Many yakitori shops serve a carb dish at the end of the meal. Oyakodon (親子丼) is the most common. Literally meaning parent and child bowl, it’s chicken and egg on rice. Some spots make a simple chicken broth with noodles. So ramen is a natural progression.

 

Deep chicken soup with legit toppings. Oyama chicken chashu, duck chashu, and wontons. Soup is made with chicken carcasses, chicken meat, and a lot of chicken feet. Chicken feet (足首) have little flavor and a lot of nice fat, something a yakitori restaurant wouldn’t really use on the grill. By utilizing it for the soup, nothing is wasted.

The tantanmen was also outstanding. Japanese-style, meaning a delicate, umami-rich soup with a lighter-than-China level of spice.

 

Rate & Write a Review

Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

ramendb.supleks.jp
Get Directions

Support Ramen Adventures on Patreon.

Login

Lost your password?

Next
味噌っ子ふっく (Hook in Ogikubo, Tokyo)

味噌っ子ふっく Hook is a rookie-of-the-year miso spot out in Ogikubo. It is questionable about that rookie status though, as this…
Previous
茶禅華 (Sazenka in Hiro, Tokyo)

茶禅華 Sazenka isn't a ramen restaurant per se, rather an ultra-high-end Chinese restaurant that serves some noodle dishes as part…
Random
TexturA in Marunochi, Tokyo

TexturA When people write about the sheer number of ramen shops in Japan (over 50,000) or even just Tokyo (over…