Ramen
Yokohama Ie-kei Ramen
- 14Kanagawa
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- 14Kanagawa
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Ramen originating in Yokohama, combining tonkotsu-shoyu soup with chicken fat, with medium-thick noodles topped with spinach and three sheets of nori.
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- Main ingredients
- Pork bones, chicken bones, dark soy sauce tare, chicken fat (chiyu), medium-thick straight noodles, chashu pork, leafy greens such as spinach, green onion, nori
- History and origin
- Its source is a ramen shop in Yokohama founded in 1974, and the founder is said to have created it from the idea of combining Kyushu tonkotsu with Tokyo shoyu. It became popular among factory workers and truck drivers in the Keihin Industrial Zone, and because many of the shops opened by apprentices and its offshoots took names ending in "-ya" (written with the character for "house"), the name "ie-kei" (house lineage) took hold.
- How it is eaten
- When ordering, you can choose the firmness of the noodles, the richness of the flavor, and the amount of chicken fat to your liking. Many customers order rice with it, and wrapping white rice in nori soaked in the soup is a widely known way to eat it; the flavor is sometimes changed with grated garlic or doubanjiang on the table.
Sources
- 家系ラーメン - Wikipedia · Encyclopedia · Source checked 2026-10-12
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