Unfortunately Hagan has permanently closed.
I've passed by this shop many times on my way to Ramen Jiro but never thought about entering... the thought of having Shiru-Nashi ramen just didn't appeal to me. I love ramen soup! But anther thing was that you could also add Soup-Wari (water used to boil the ramen) to the bowl whenever you wanted... but I just wasn't too sure how to go about this.
But not craving the massive 1600 calories and even less desire to battle the long line of Jiro I decided to give Hagan Ramen a try. Of course always always go for the top left hand corner button... without fail it is the shops most recommended selection. 650yen for 200 grams of ramen but next to that you can also go for 300grams for the same price!
Red spice for alittle kick.
Lots of different instructions. Nice to see everything written out so clear and detailed... perfect for the 1st timer.
And there it was...
The pork was grilled to perfection... crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It was like they gave me free Yakiton with my Ramen. Sooo good!
The noodles were covered seasoning much like Yakisoba... thick and chewy. It was honestly just good.
On the bottom of the bowl there was some very very flavorful soup but as all the foodies recommend at some point you have to add the Soup-Wari (on the counter in large silver pitchers) to mellow out the flavor and start to enjoy the bowl like traditional ramen.
This place always has a nice steady line and the flavor was just great. Ranks neck and neck according to the foodie rankings with Ramen Jiro in Sakuradai so you really can't go wrong. Give it a try for sure!!
Returned on 3.30.2013 with a friend and managed to get a little video of the Chef in action.
Shop: Ramen Hagan
Restaurant J: らーめん破顔 桜台本店 - まぜそば
Shop Website: http://ramenhagan.hippy.jp/
Foodie Website: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1321/A132101/13051251/
Address J: 東京都練馬区桜台1-5-11
Address E: Tokyo, Nerima-ku, Sakuradai 1-5-11MAP: https://goo.gl/maps/uoeygLJHwUh6xpnt6
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ReplyDeleteBesides that, it seems to me you could do a ramen crawl of all the shacks near the Sakuradai train station. Have any thought of doing something like that, Steve?