Menya Kuroko

Tenroku is home to a large number of restaurants, ramen shops and non-ramen shops alike. Menya Kuroko is a shop just north of the main arcade, specializing in tonkotsu shoyu, a blend not found too often in Osaka. Their main dish is the Kuroko Ramen, a tonkotsu shoyu with garlicky ma-yu.

ラーメン屋さんも他のレストランも天六にいっぱいあります。商店街からちょっと離れている「麺屋黒琥」という店の名物はあまり大阪で見ない豚骨醤油です。定番は「黒琥ラーメン」というマー油入り豚骨醤油ラーメンです。

The Bowl
As they delivered the bowl to me, I could smell the charred soy sauce and garlic coming. The broth was a bit salty, but the ma-yu was mixed in well, making it feel like a vital component to the soup's charred edges, as opposed to a topping as it often seems like. The noodles were thicker than you'd expect, but as in Takaida-kei ramen, they did their job sucking in the sodium around them. There was a single wide slice of pork that tasted like a sweet piece of bacon.

丼鉢が来ながら焦がしたニンニクの香りがすごくしました。スープはちょっと塩っぱいめでしたけど、マー油がよく混ざりました。麺が思ったより太い方でしたけど、高井田系ラーメンと同様に塩分を吸収しました。甘味のベーコンのチャーシューが一枚も乗っていました。

Would I Go Again?
It was pretty solid, but I have so many other places to visit in Tenroku I'm not sure I'll make it back.

美味しかったですけど、天六に店がすごく多いのでまた行けないかもしれません。

Should You Go?
I recommend this place for anyone who loves that charred garlic flavor.

焦がした風味が好きな人にお勧めします。

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麺屋 黒琥 -KUROKO-