Asakusa Tokyo is one of the most popular districts in Tokyo. The main attraction is Sensoji, the famous Buddhist temple. The bustling Nakamise Street, lined with shops selling souvenirs, snacks, and other wares will take you directly to the temple. Right next to Nakamise Street there’s the Shin-Nakamise Shopping Street which offers restaurants and more shopping. This is where I found the excellent Yoroyiya Ramen in Asakusa, Tokyo.

It’s easy to navigate the menu here since it caters to tourists and has an English menu. Like most ramen places, it’s smaller place with limited seating at the counter. There’s a few options to choose from.

I had to go with the Deluxe Ramen (1300 yen, $8.81 USD) which included roast pork, twin york egg, and bamboo shoots. It just looked too good! I was also starving since I had just landed and a nice bowl of ramen sounded like the perfect meal.

The ramen had a shoyu (soy sauce) broth base. The broth was light but had a deep flavor to it due to the inclusion of dashi. This added a bit of fishy aftertaste with every slurp of the broth. It wasn’t overwhelming at all, but really added to the shoyu base flavor.

The noodles were very fresh and al dente. They were thinner and curlier ramen noodles. These were quite good.

The pork was seasoned perfectly and was some of the most tender pork chashu I’ve ever had. It literally was falling apart as I picked it up. It was THAT tender. Even the egg was good. It wasn’t quite hard boiled all the way through. There was still a little yolky parts to it which added even more depth and flavor to the ramen.

This Yoroyiya was also famous for their chicken gyoza’s, so I had to try those as well. You get three pieces for 400 yen ($2.71 USD), a good deal! Pan fried, the outside of the gyozas had a nice browned exterior. They came with a shoyu dipping sauce. The skins on these dumplings along with the filling tasted quite fresh. There’s ground chicken, green onion, and bits of glass noodle mixed into the filling. There’s some seasoning in there that gave it a hint of sweetness.

Overall, a very delicious meal in a small ramen restaurant near Senso-ji temple in Asakusa Tokyo. It’s a perfect place to stop off after visiting the temple or on the way there.

Yoroiya was a definite stand out due to it’s overall delicious bowl of ramen. The broth, the pork, the egg, were all outstanding. This was a bowl of ramen where everything in it was excellent. I can’t say that for every bowl I’ve encounted.

Yoroiya Ramen

1 Chome-36-7 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo 111-0032, Japan

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