Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Zundoya

It was a rainy day in Kansai when I had my brother and a friend in town. Most of the interesting things in Kansai are better when outside, so the rain dampened our plans. But one sight that holds up pretty well in the rain is the recently reopened Himeji Castle.

ある雨が降っている日に友達とお兄さんが遊びにきてくれました。関西の観光するつもりでしたけど、雨でどこに行くかわかりませんでした。でも、最近また入れる姫路城は雨でも行く価値があります。


I don't make trips this deep into Himeji this often, so we decided to get ramen. What better place than the flagship store of beloved tonkotsu shop Zundoya?

姫路までにあまり行く機会がないので、ラーメンを食べることにしました。好きなずんどう屋の本店に行くチャンスでした!

The Bowl
Some flagship shops are radically different from their branch shops, producing different or even better bowls than their franchises. Not Zundoya, but that's not a bad thing. Rich porky tonkotsu with thin, hard noodles that clump together. The pork broth I'm used to in its birthplace.

たまに、チェーン店と本店のメニューとか味がかなり異なります。ずんどう屋はそんな店じゃありません。でも、いいことです。こってり豚骨と固め細めんでした。本場でのいつも好きな豚骨。

Would I Go Again?
I won't trek out to Himeji, but I'll go to their shops in Osaka.

姫路本店まで行きませんけど、大阪店に行きます。

Should You Go?
You should go to a shop, it doesn't need to be the Himeji one.

ずんどう屋に行くべきですけど、本店じゃなくてもいいです。

At time of writing, Zundoya has just made it to New York! Check it out!

ずんどう屋はニューヨーク点ができました!行ってみてください!

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