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New Tantanmen

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New Tantanmen
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A tantanmen centered on Kawasaki City, known for its salt-flavored soup with beaten egg, garlic, and chili pepper.

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About this dish

Main ingredients
noodles, salt-flavored chicken-bone or pork-bone soup, beaten egg, garlic, ground meat, coarsely ground chili pepper
History and origin
It is said to have begun when Genkichi Igarashi opened a Chinese restaurant in 1964 and, in 1967, served an adaptation of tantanmen as a stamina dish for manual laborers and taxi drivers. Because it was an adaptation of tantanmen, it was named "New Tantanmen," and shops spread mainly in Kawasaki City.
How it is eaten
The spiciness basically comes in five levels, from "hikaeme" (mild) to "mecha-kara" (extremely hot). Also recommended are putting just the toppings on rice, or adding rice to the soup left after finishing the noodles to make a zosui-style rice porridge.

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