大漁まこと Tairyo Makoto: big fish [CLOSED]

Ramen is usually composed of broth which has various kinds of fish or seafood. They usually take a supporting role to the rest of the bowl, but have you ever tried a bowl with seafood as the lead? At Tairyo Makoto, you focus on the fruits of the sea.

I usually eat with Hearts, but today we had a special guest from the rock band Negative Zero. This also meant we could try three bowls of crustacean goodness.

Crab...

Kani tsukemen (950yen)

Uni, or sea urchin...

Uni tsukemen (1000yen)

Ise ebi, a large shrimp from the Ise region that is like a spiny lobster...

Ise ebi soba (900yen)

Each bowl included a flavored egg, which was a nice bonus (it's buried underneath the soup in the ise ebi soba). The appearance of each bowl was pretty surprising. The lobster was topped with a creamy, lobster-infused mousse, which clung to the noodles very well. The soft texture and flavor melts in your mouth.

The sea urchin was also creamy, like you are gorging on a massive bowl of uni.

 
Of all the bowls, the crab might have been the mildest, but also the best til the very end.

Each bowl is very rich and the main ingredients assert themselves like any good leading role should, but after the first few slurps, these bowls got boring pretty quickly. Maybe ramen needs meat, after all.

If you still have room after finishing your bowl, I recommend getting a soup wari, which means adding some of the hot broth used to cook the noodles into the leftover tsukemen liquid. It was like drinking a luxurious sea urchin soup.

If you like sushi or seafood, you should give Tairyo Makoto a shot!

Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, Dogenzaka 1-11-2
Closest stn: Shibuya

Open from 1130am-11pm Monday-Saturday

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