[Aoba Head Office in Asahikawa] Traditional Soy Sauce Broth Ramen

Soy Sauce Broth Ramen

When I visited here around 15:00 on a weekday, they just started afternoon business hours, and a lot of visitors already formed a line in front of the ramen restraunt. The ramen restaurant was full just before my turn came. Therefore, I waited in front of the ramen restraunt. When I waited outside, a waiter asked me "What will you order?", so I ordered the most popular Soy Sauce Broth Ramen (正油らぅめん). The price was JPY 750.

Customers came one after another while I was waiting. A person next to me was a South Korean tourist, and he asked the waitress Hangul menu. A lot of oversea visitors seem to come, so an English menu is provided, too. After all, the Aoba become widely known.

I sat a couner seat after waiting for about 20 minutes. The Soy Sauce Broth Ramen was served after taking the seat for about 3 minutes. A large roasted pork fillet, bamboo shoots, a dried laver and green onions were on noodles. First of all, an octopus printed on the dried laver caught my eyes. In case of looking at a picture on the internet, the picture looks like a photoshoped picture.

I ate a sip of soup immediately. The soup was covered with lard oil, and was very hot, and it was the taste of just traditional Asahikawa Ramen. The soup was not salty than it looked, and I felt light taste. Double soup (ダブルスープ), traditional Asahikawa ramen soup, that was made broth from seafood and mountain food went well with soy sauce. It was tasty!

The homemade noodles were tough, and were nice texture, so I enjoyed chewy texture. When I drank up the soup, letters of thanks (感謝) in Japanese appeared on the bottom of a bowl. No, thank YOU! Thanks for the tasty ramen!