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Wakayama Ramen
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A regional ramen served mainly in Wakayama City, pairing a tonkotsu shoyu (pork bone and soy sauce) soup with thin straight noodles
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- Main ingredients
- Thin straight noodles, pork bones, soy sauce, chashu, kamaboko (fish cake), menma (bamboo shoots), green onions
- History and origin
- Shortly after the war, a street-stall ramen near Shakomae Station on the streetcar line that once ran through the city gained a following, and other stalls imitated its flavor, forming a lineage called "Shakomae-style." At the time it was called "chuka soba" or "chuka," and the name "Wakayama Ramen" is said to have spread nationwide after a shop in the city won a TV program in 1998.
- When it is eaten
- For local people, it is said to have been eaten as an extension of the everyday dining table.
- How it is eaten
- At many shops, boiled eggs and hayazushi (pressed mackerel sushi) are set out on the tables; customers help themselves while waiting for their order, during the meal, or afterward, and later declare what they took when paying.
Sources
- 和歌山ラーメン - Wikipedia · Encyclopedia · Source checked 2026-10-12
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