Occasion: 食べ歩き on a Tuesday evening
When: Dinner Time
Venue: 又造 ラーメン屋 (Matazou Ramen Shop)
Address: Kita 13 Nishi 3
(located right next door to a parking lot with a small salon situated beside it)
So, I have another great eatery to share with you guys. It's a true gem to be honest. I went there again last night with Tah and Dino and it still taste just as good as I remembered it to be.
又造 (pronounced as mata zou) is a dainty little ramen shop that serves a variety of the usual choices of ramen but what makes it so special to me is that it serves:
#1. つけ麺 (tsukemen) - ramen dip into a bowl of cold/ hot sauce (optional)
#2. Lemon salt flavored soup (lemon fanatic is ME!) hehe
The first time I was there was in the beginning of January. I remember how the little door frame called out to me and also the blue red flags were beckoning me to go in. Then, good thing I had a lunch date with TT and we decided to try out this new eatery. There was no turning back since then.
I didn't post an entry about this place earlier was because I was selfish to not want to share this amazing eatery with everybody :p
Well, I can't hold back anymore and
HERE YOU GO!! EVERYTHING IS OUT!! GO BOMBARD THIS PLACE! JUST PLEASE HAVE SOME MERCY AND LEAVE SOME つけ麺 FOR ME!!
Last night, Tah suggested to have dinner there after me raving to him how good it was since gazillion years ago. He was craving for ramen and I was just happy to go eat something I know is gonna be awesome. Dino is lucky enough to bump into Tah downstairs my place and so happened to be available for dinner hence he successfully got accepted to join the 'special secret ramen place' that was initially by invitation only. *cough cough*
Anyway, the secret is revealed as below:
(pardon the quality inconsistency of the pictures as they were taken on separate occasions, different seasons and camera tools)
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| Shopfront of 又造ラーメン屋 (taken early January. Note the snow on the ground) |
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| The owner/ chef with his signature hat. Don't expect him to smile and also he usually look less frenly but I think that is because he has a 'cool guy' image to uphold. LOL |
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| This is where the goodies are!!! おすすめメニュー The above board lists the shop's specialty ramen/ tsukemen with over the top flavors to choose from. Spicy Miso Ramen ¥800 Lemon Salt Ramen ¥700 Lemon Salt Tsukemen (Dip sauce noodle) ¥800 (noodles used here is different than ramen) Spicy Miso Tsukemen ¥850 |
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| The restaurant's permanent menu (usual choices of miso, shio, shoyu ramen and tsukemen) Also offers rice and additional toppings such as 'char siu' and etc. |
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| My favorite!!! Lemon Salt Flavored Tsukemen. I ordered the cold dip rather than the hot sauce dip as recommended by the owner. |
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| The sauce dip closed up! Oh my, my saliva gland just got activated. I can actually taste the lemony sauce in my mouth right now with lots and lots of floating leek! |
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| The cold noodles hidden below the generous portion of 'Char siu', 半熟卵 'hanjukutamago' (half boiled egg), shredded leeks, diced onions, seaweed and dashes of spices and ground black pepper. |
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| Obligatory photo of moi in my first visit at this eatery. (pardon the finger cos obviously TT has great skills in taking photographs. Just kidding :p) |
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| Happy TT with her yummy food! |
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| The boys. Dino happily obliged for a photo request while Tah is obviously not a very happy fella when his meal gets interrupted. ROARrrrr... |
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| His so- called best 'smile' for the camera! Pissy much!! |
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| Oh btw, the boys both ordered the lemon salt flavored RAMEN instead and decided to top it up with additional 'char siu' slices for extra ¥150. Good deal! |
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| Finally, the very happy customers of the night!! SATISFACTION TO THE MAX!! |
Okay. Now that you guys know where to find awesome ramen and tsukemen with special lemon flavored soup, feel free to check out this place.
As for me, I shall continue with my quest to discover what's worth sharing here in Sapporo and my forever hope to lose weight. Ermmm.. not so convincing right since most of my blog entries are about food! LOL
Till then, toodles.
