[Kiichiro in Niikappu] Mild and Tasty Miso Broth Ramen

Kiichiro

Ramen Kiichiro (らーめん喜一郎) is a popular ramen restraunt along National Route 235 in Niikappu town located in the southeastern part of Tomakomai city, and is relatively near Roadside Station Thoroughbred Road Niikappu (道の駅 サラブレッドロード新冠). Matsumoto Kiichiro Shoten (松本喜一郎商店) runs it, and Mr. Kenichi Matsumoto (松本 健一), a company president, has established the ramen restraunt since 2012. They also run a meat shop named "Kiichiro Meat (喜一郎MEAT)", so I guess that they use fresh pork bone and meat to serve tasty ramen. The ramen restraunt is also famous for forming a line. The Niikappu with a lot of ranches is well-known as a production area of racing horses, so tourists as well as local people also stop by.

The building is not so large, but the interior decoration has a stylish atmosphere. That does not look a ramen restraunt, and I thought that it looks like a cafe, so No wonder they serve pasta or Western food. Lego block castles are displayed on a cupboard, and comic books are provided, too, so customers can relax themselves. Counter seats, table seats and a small separate Japanese style room are provided, so I suppose that even family customers may enjoy meals. But the ramen restraunt is crowded with customers at lunchtime.

Ramen of Hokkaido

Ramen is a noodle soup dish topped with ingredients. It is said that Chinese noodles is the root of the ramen, and there are various theories, for example, Mr. Mistukuni Tokugawa (徳川光圀 * Mitokomon (水戸黄門)) ate the ramen in 1697 for the first time in Japan or the first ramen was that Keitaimen noodles (経帯麺) served in 1488 was written in Biryueken Diary (蔭涼軒日録). Noodle soup dishes were spread out in Japan because Nanking noodles (南京そば) was served in various China Towns, Japan. In Hakodate with a China Town, Yowaken (養和軒) served the Nanking noodles in 1884. In Sapporo, it is a root of Sapporo Ramen that a noodle soup dish was cooked by Mr. Wang Wen Zai (王 文彩), a chief chef of Takeya Shokudo (竹家食堂), in 1922. Houran (芳蘭), a branch of the Takeya Shokudo, opened a business in 1933 in Asahikawa. Asahikawa Ramen, Sapporo Ramen and Hakodate Ramen called the 3 Major Ramen in Hokkaido were born. But current ramen do not succeed to the taste of those ramen. Article is here