Ramen

Takeoka Ramen

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Takeoka Ramen
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A ramen originating in Takeoka, Futtsu City, Chiba Prefecture, with a black soup made by diluting the soy sauce tare used to simmer chashu with hot water, topped with diced onion.

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Main ingredients
chashu, soy sauce tare in which the chashu was simmered, diced onion, noodles (dried noodles at the original shop), menma (seasoned bamboo shoots), nori
History and origin
It is said to have originated at two ramen shops in Takeoka, Futtsu City, described as a fishing town; one of them was founded earlier, but it was reportedly the other that sparked its spread. Shops in the prefecture calling themselves Takeoka ramen or Takeoka-style are said to be imitators of these two shops or shops that became independent from Takeoka-style shops.
How it is eaten
Noodles are placed in a jet-black soup made simply by pouring hot water such as the noodle cooking water into the soy sauce tare used to simmer chashu, then topped with large slices of chashu and diced onion.

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