自家製中華そばとしおか

Toshioka is the famous Benten-style shop in Takadanobaba. Ah, Benten. It’s the one shop in Tokyo that every ramen head except me is nuts for. About double the average noodles are standard, served alongside a hearty pork / chicken / gyokai soup. Toshioka, though a descendant of Benten, is ranked slightly higher. Maybe it’s due to the more convenient location.

On a rather hot September day, you might as well treat yourself to a beer with lunch. Toshioka hooks you up with a plate of おつまみ, beer snacks, that can’t be beat. Six bucks for a big boy Asahi and a mountain of pork and menma? That’s a yes.

Benten was around in the 90s, feeding the students and salarymen of Takadanobaba huge piles of homemade noodles. They garnered a reputation for their portion size. The nami (並) size is 250 grams. Moving up to medium gets you around 350. Keep in mind that a normal bowl of ramen has just over 100 grams of noodles.

Half a kilo of tasty noodles and dipping soup for only around 900 yen. It’s a steal.

The menma and chashu are made in-house. Bump the price up to 1600 yen and you can have extra of both.

The ticket machine is fully ticketed out, but most of these are just topping options. The blue line is for the tsukemen, my recommendation.

Noodles are made in-house as well. There’s a button on there somewhere for extra noodles, though I can never understand how people can physically eat so much.

自家製中華そば.

Just like Benten, I’m not the biggest fan, but that doesn’t mean I’m not NOT a fan. I understand the appeal of gorging on a mountain of homemade noodles at a shop like this. I’d do it if I could.

Ramen Adventures

Ramen Shop Reviews from Japan and Abroad

自家製中華そばとしおか (Toshioka in Kagurazaka, Tokyo)

蘭州料理ザムザムの泉 (Zamu Zamu in Saitama)

鶏こく中華すず喜 (Suzuki in Mitaka, Tokyo)

欽山 (Kinzan in Takamatsu, Kagawa)

自家製中華そば としおか (Toshioka in Kagurazaka, Tokyo)

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蘭州料理 ザムザムの泉 (Zamu Zamu in Saitama)

鶏こく中華 すず喜 (Suzuki in Mitaka, Tokyo)

欽山 (Kinzan in Takamatsu, Kagawa)

自家製中華そばとしおか (Toshioka in Kagurazaka, Tokyo)

蘭州料理ザムザムの泉 (Zamu Zamu in Saitama)

鶏こく中華すず喜 (Suzuki in Mitaka, Tokyo)