Back from Mount Fuji and Shinjuku, we were in a mood for some good ramen, again. And were told by the internet told that Rokurinsha in the bowels of the earth - the basement of Tokyo Station was really quite the best ramen establishment around...
Finding our way to Rokurinsha...
Rokurinsha is located in the first basement near the Yaesu South exit of Tokyo Station, along what is called "Ramen Street" - a corridor within the station building...
Food in railway stations is indeed special. We, back home in India, fondly cherish the poori-alus, bread omelettes or cutlets at railway stations and little did I know that Tokyo Station did have a food tradition as well!
A display...
A huge queue of hungry people waiting for their turn to be ushered in, into Rokurinsha...
30 minutes between us and our bowls of ramen...
Queuing for ramen at "Ramen Station"...
I wonder what that says...
Queue etiquette at Rokurinsha...
Women queuing up to use the restroom right across the corridor from Rokurinsha...
The entrance into Rokurinsha...
Making our way, and taking a peek into the Rokurinsha kitchen...
Our counter...
Diners at Rokurinsha heartily slurping their ramen...
Here comes one meal - a hot thick broth made from chicken bones, with chashu (slice of pork), naruto (fish cake), menma (fermented bamboo), a small sheet of nori (seaweed) and gyofun (dry fish powder). Cold Tsukemen or thick ramen noodles with eggs are on the side...
Here comes the second meal...
The noodles have to be retrieved from bowl with chopsticks and dipped into the broth only to be noisily slurped, that is the perfect way to enjoy Rokurinsha ramen...
A peek into Ramen Street...
Checking out interesting kitto-kattos (as the Japanese call them) in the chocolate shop opposite Rokurinsha. And they have wasabi Kit-Kats here...
With a delectable 2017 proving to be true, we can only say "I Don't Want Nirvana! I Want Great Food, Always!"...
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