Kuso Oyaji Saigo no Hitofuri

I've been in Osaka for a while now, but there are still some ramen shops I haven't made my way to. Some shops I've known about even for a long time, but just haven't gotten around to visiting. The shop of the day is Kuso Oyaji Saigo no Hitofuri, which means "The smelly old man's last swing". It's a ridiculous name, but not much more so than the other associated shops, Jinrui Mina Menrui and Sekai Ichi Himana Ramenya.

Kuso Oyaji Saigo no Hitofuri specializes in clam ramen, and so their menu consists of three different varieties. They are all shoyu, but of different levels of richness, and with different kinds of clams: asari, hamaguri, or shijimi. They all looked good, but for my first trip I followed Goldilocks's lead and went with the asari one: not too rich, and not too light.

大阪にしばらくいますけど、まだ行ったことないラーメン屋さんがかなりあります。知っていますけど、行く機会がない店が多いです。今回「くそオヤジ最後のひとふり」という店に行ってみました。すごく変な名前なですけど、姉妹店の「人類みな麺類」と「世界一暇なラーメン屋」の名前もめっちゃ変わっています。

くそオヤジ最後のひとふりの名物は貝のラーメンです。具体的に、あさり、はまぐり、としじみのラーメンがあります。メニューそれぞれ濃さが違います。はじめて行ったので、真ん中にあるあさりにしました。

This is a shop you have to wait on line for

この店は絶対並ばなあかん

Some fashionable noodle art

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The Bowl
In keeping in tradition with the sister shops, the bowl carried a solid shoyu with slabs of chashu covering large portions of it. The soup was sharp, with the light clam flavors providing a subtext to the shoyu. The noodles were flat and grainy, but picked up a measured balance of the clam and shoyu.

Of course what would clam ramen be without actual clams? The clams were almost a reverse of the soup itself: light and refreshing with just a feint hint of the dark broth. The chashu was thin, and since it wasn't fully dunked into the broth, was able to retain its own spicy pepper seasoning. There was also a straw-like bamboo shoot, that had an almost citrus-pine taste to it.

姉妹店と同じように、濃い醤油のスープとでっかいチャーシューの何枚かでした。スープは茶色で濃いめですけど、あさりの風味がしました。つぶつぶとした麺は平打ちで、あさりと醤油の味がバランスをとれました。

あさりラーメンにはもちろん、あさり自体が乗っていました。スープの逆みたいに、あさりは微妙な醤油香りがしました。チャーシューは細くて、スープに浸していなかったので胡椒が味わえました。シトラスっぽい竹の子も乗っていました。

Would I Go Again?
Yes.

はい。

Should You Go?
Yes.

はい。

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くそオヤジ最後のひとふり