Sodaisho

Time for another famous Osaka institution. Sodaisho, which is actually a sister shop to beloved Shiogensui, is a salty shoyu shop near Tenjinbashi Rokuchome. I visited there once shortly after arriving in Osaka, but I had not yet started writing this blog, so I didn't have an opportunity to take notes and post about it.

My last memories of Sodaisho was that it was absurdly salty, in such a way that it washed out the other weaker flavors. Curious to see what my now more refined palette feels about it now, I visited one more time and ordered the koikuchi shoyu ramen.

また大阪の有名な店に行ってきました。大好きな「塩元帥」の姉妹店「総大醤」は天神橋六丁目の近くにある濃いめ醤油の店です。大阪についてから一回行きましたけど、その頃このブログを書いていませんでした。

前総大醤に行った時、「ヤバい！辛いな！」という思い出が出ましたけど、口が肥えてきたわたしはもう一回ちゃんと味見したくなってきたので店に行きました。

The Bowl
A taste of the shoyu broth reminded me of my first experience years ago; it was a hot and thin broth, but brimming with salty, garlic, onion, and oil. It didn't have the deep flavors of a black Takaida-kei shoyu ramen, but was more like a bowl that took the salty, garlicky tinge of a clear shoyu bowl to its extreme. The noodles and chashu matched as well; not very different from what you'd see in a run-of-the-mill shoyu, but covered in sodium and oil. The one element that helped bring the bowl back down were these bits of yuzu floating in the mess. I wish they had used more, but then again, that's not what the koikuchi shoyu ramen is about.

一回味見したら前の体験の思いが浮かびました。スープがあっさりで塩、ニンニク、オニオン、油がいっぱい入っていました。ブッラクな高井田系ラーメンみたいに深くなくて逆に透明な醤油の一番濃いバージョンの感じがしました。さすが「こくくち」ですね。中太麺もチャーシューは透明な醤油っぽかったですけど、塩辛かったです。ゆずの味もちょっと入っていて、それが良かったですけど、それをあまりにも入れすぎたら別のラーメンになるかもしれません。

Would I Go Again?
I think I'm good on this one.

二回行ったので、また行かないと思います。

Should You Go?
For clear shoyu fans who don't mind a night of high blood pressure, this is a good one.

めっちゃ透明な醤油の高血圧のファンにいいかもしれません。

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