Ivan Ramen Plus/KyodoアイバンラーメンPLUS/経堂

  

Decided to check out the new (then it was new, now it's not so new) Ivan Ramen Plus in Kyodo. It's on the corner one street back behind the KFC that you can see from the station. I went with a friend from work on a holiday Monday. They have long opening hours with no afternoon intermission. The ticket machine is all the way in the back, as is the entrance. There is a long counter which makes the most of a strangely-shaped space. Some of the staff speak some English. I had the aji-flavored broth and my coworker had the cheese mazemen. The noodles are all homemade - these were rather thin while the cheese mazemen ones were thicker. Their house beer is the Australian XXXX beer. The pork was good but not grilled. All in all a respectable effort from Ivan.

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ORAGA NOODLES/GotandaORAGA NOODLES/五反田

The tonkotsu gyokai at this place Oraga Noodles has a very chalky and powdery texture, but a respectable taste and thickness. UNfortunately there was not a lot of pork in it, even though I ordered the chashu version. The shop plays a lot of loud Western and Japanese rock music and there were a lot of young couples there. The ticket machine is hidden in the corner to the right when you come in the door. Heartland Beer is on the machine menu but there were out of it, instead they substituted the venerable Orion Draft beer from Okinawa. The thin-like-yakisoba atsumori noodles were not served very wet and they dried up and stuck together more quickly than I would have liked.

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