Saturday 1 December 2018

Kazu (かず) in Kasukabe

Once a week I teach at a university in Saitama, north of Tokyo.  I was walking around Kasukabe with 4 of my students (Hi Hiroki, Mao, Ayaka and Natsumi) and we walked past a ramen shop.  Hiroki (a ramen expert) told me that they make good miso ramen there.  So after leaving my students I decided to go and check it out as I do like miso ramen!



No ticket machine in this place, just a Japanese menu with no pictures, however, if you have the Google translation application, you can take a photo of the Japanese and it will translate it for you!  They had 2 menus, the first was the full menu and the next was a ranking of their most popular ramen dishes.



I went with number 3 on their rankings list which was described as a homemade miso ramen (the one priced at 800 yen)


So, after you order your ramen, you can get to choose thick or thin noodles


and for the bowl that I chose, you can select the spicy level you want from 0 - 3.


I went with 2.  The place feels quite classy with wood everything, counters, tables and chairs.



They also have some condiments for the ramen.  Some extra heat


and some minced garlic.


Before I knew it, the bowl was place in front of me!



The first thing that you have to do is to taste the soup by itself.  As I said, I chose level 2 spicy which seemed not so spicy.  The soup had a very mild miso flavour, not strong, not too salty or creamy.  The toppings consisted of bean sprouts, spring onions and garlic shoots.  The noodles were flat and cooked a little soft.  They were very similar to little udon noodles.


For me, they worked well with the rest of the bowl.  I got half way through the bowl and suddenly realised that the heat had crept up on me!  It was nice!  With only the soup left, I put in 2 scoops of garlic which was just enough.  I was able to still enjoy the flavour of the soup with just a hint of garlic.


Job done!  Thank you Hiroki for the recommendation!

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Location here.

https://goo.gl/maps/sXmgkN5bMVm

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