“Very Delicate/Bizarre Gourmet Guidebook” introduces many restaurants serving astonishing dishes with various meanings. It is an adventurous gourmet guidebook. Last time, we were introduced to the three most startling curry and rice restaurants by a blog writer who directed us to the five most startling Chinese noodle soup restaurants this time. If someone is interested in bizarre food, just go try their dishes. We tell you about them.
Fifth place: Cocoa Chinese noodle soup by Kikuya Restaurant
The ordinary noodle swims in the cocoa soup. It’s just exactly like the menu says. The taste is much more acceptable than we had imagined. It isn’t as you might think that this dish is simply a mixture of noodles and cocoa. Cocoa is not simply cocoa. The cocoa that matches best with the noodle was found only after several tries. It’s produced by Morinaga & Co., Ltd. Congratulations Morinaga!
Restaurant’s name: Kikuya
Category: Chinese noodle soup
Address: 10-3 Ohkawa-Cho, Senju, Adachi-Ku, Tokyo
Closed: Mondays
Fourth place: Soup noodle with a frog by Raifukuken
A fried frog is in the soup. Its chicken-like taste greatly matches with the noodle. According to the restaurant owner, the frog is cooked after the menu has been ordered since only fresh frogs are used. He could buy them nearby till lately, but has to go far away to get them now. His restaurant serves other frog dishes, too. It indicates his favor for frogs.
Restaurant’s name: Raifukuken
Category: Chinese restaurant
Address: 5-7-7 Kanayama, Naka-Ku, Nagoya, Aichi
Opening hours: 11:00 – 14:00 / 18:00 – 21:00
Closed: every third Saturdays
Third place: Japanese Worcester sauce noodle soup by Kaniya
Just as there are noodle soups with soy or miso sauce, this one comes with Japanese Worcester sauce. It’s a very popular menu in this restaurant although nothing special but a normal Japanese Worcester sauce is used. The restaurant owner asked himself why there is no Japanese Worcester sauce noodle soup although noodle soups with soy or miso sauce exist. This led him to the creation of a noodle soup with Japanese Worcester sauce. It’s fantastic to carry his idea out, and we admire his challenge.
Restaurant’s name: Kaniya
Category: Chinese restaurant
Address: 4-19-8 Miyamoto, Funabashi-Shi, Chiba
Opening hours: 20:00 – 27:00
Closed: Sundays and national holidays
Second place: Coffee noodle soup by Aroma
The noodle made from coffee in coffee soup. The dough of the noodle is mixed with coffee, and this noodle has been patented by the restaurant owner. This noodle must be very proud of him. The coffee soup affected us much more than the coffee noodle. When a novice orders it, Café au lait soup is usually served. Black coffee is possible too if requested. But then, what does novice mean?
Restaurant’s name: Aroma
Category: Café
Address: 2-19-16 Takaramachi, Katshushika-Ku, Tokyo
Closed: Tuesdays
No. of tables: 12
First place: Ice cream noodle soup by Kikuya
The owner who created cocoa noodle soup also makes ice cream noodle soup. A vanilla ice cream is cut into halves, and these two pieces float in the noodle soup. It’s a very sensational noodle soup. It’s incredibly tasty. Ice cream is melting in the hot soup and makes the soup creamy. As if the soup noodle were the stew or the pork based soup noodle. We really like to eat it every week without any problems. If the idea of the ice cream noodle soup is strange or our definition of the noodle soup has been biased, we have come to deeply think about it.
Restaurant’s name: Kikuya
Category: Chinese noodle soup
Address: 10-3 Ohkawa-Cho, Senju, Adachi-Ku, Tokyo
Opening hours: 11:00-15:00 / 17:00-20:00
Closed: Mondays
