Men-ya Mitsuru

Rich chicken paitan broth and springy, medium-thin noodles that hold their own against it: this is where the pleasure of choosing a bowl at Men-ya Mitsuru begins. Visitors describe the soy sauce broth as thick and deeply savoury with chicken flavour. The noodles, they say, are both smooth and pleasantly firm, and pick up the rich broth well.

Choose “Rich” for a first taste, or “Extra-Rich” if you want a more intense broth; a salt version is also on the menu. One diner who tried both reported that the extra-rich broth was thicker and had a stronger collagen-like quality, without tasting overly salty.

Visitors have also mentioned soy sauce ramen topped with chicken thigh chashu, chicken meatballs, wood ear mushrooms and spring onion. The mushrooms’ crisp texture and the meatballs’ slight sweetness offer a contrast to the rich broth.

Rice makes a fitting accompaniment when you want something to balance the full-bodied broth. Options include plain rice, mini chicken rice and broth-poured rice.

Beyond chicken paitan, the menu includes dipping soba, tsukemen, chuka soba and soy sauce ramen with back fat. You can switch things up depending on your mood, whether you feel like dipping noodles into a rich broth or choosing a soy sauce-based bowl.

As well as dining in, the restaurant offers takeaway and delivery. There is also a lunch menu, and one visitor reported ordering from a touchscreen ticket machine.