Monday, August 4, 2014

Ginza Oborozuki (Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku)

銀座 朧月
ぎんざ おぼろづき

Tonkotsu gyokai tsukemen: 17 / 20

Those few days in Tokyo being devoted to compare a few high quality tonkotsu gyokai tsukemen, Oborozuki came quickly back on my list. I had been there a couple of months earlier, but I was then in a quest for the best shio bowls around, and I had tried their (excellent) shio tsukemen. So here I am, back to the place, where I order the special tonkotsu gyokai tsukemen for 1100 yens (they also have a kotteri tsukemen that got some good reviews).


Broth: An intense and very good both, with some sweet notes. At the end, the soup wari was very fishy and gave a new dimension to the broth (like it did for their shio tsukemen).

Noodles: Some high-quality, thick, pale yellow al dente noodles, with an egg taste.

Meat: One of the highlight of the tsukemen: three slices of fibrous chashu, with just the right amount of fat, which are braised in front of your eyes. On a lower note, however, there are a few dice of meat in the broth, some extremely fat, and some just tasteless - no idea why they would add such a thing: Mr. boss-of-Oborozuki, please remove them!

Egg: A very pleasant ajitama with a very liquid yolk.

Toppings: A few thin menmas with a strong, classical taste. Some strong negi and microgreens. A slice of kamoboko.

This was an excellent gyokai tonkotsu, with a few twists compared to the classical recipe (sweeter, more liquid ajitama, more fishy soup wari, braised meat…). Since their shio tsukemen was excellent as well, I would recommend you to try both.

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