Kyoto Kawaramachi｜Menya Pig One 🍜 A bowl of Kyoto’s Zen and romance

Visit date: 2025/01/16 🏠 Store information and reservation method Store name: Menya Inoichi (麺屋 買一) Location: 528 Ebisu-no-machi, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture (About a 10-minute walk from Kyoto Station, located in an alley at the intersection of prosperity and tranquility) Business hours: Lunch: 11:30-14:00 Dinner: 17:30-21:00 (or until sold out) ※Closed on Wednesdays Reservation method: Inoichi is one of the few ramen restaurants in Kyoto that can be "reserved online". It is recommended to make reservations on the official website or through Tabelog in advance to avoid queuing on site. It is often difficult to get a seat during popular hours. The mystery and reserve of this ramen restaurant have been revealed from the beginning of reservation. 🍜 Dining experience: The gentleness and strength of a bowl of soup Walking into Noodle House Zhuyi, it seems that you are not eating ramen, but entering a quiet ceremony laid out by the soup. 🍶 White soy sauce ramen (white) The first sip of soup is gentle. Not salty or greasy, the aftertaste is a bit like the sweetness of rice wine. The delicate white soy sauce soup base seems to absorb the morning mist and thoughts of the entire Kyoto, flowing gently into the throat without any impurities. The noodles are chewy and depend on the soup, just like a tacit old friend. 🖤 Black soy sauce ramen (black) If the white soup is the morning light, then the black soup is the late night. The taste is stronger, with the deep thickness of bonito and soy sauce. It is not an overbearing salty, but a kind of gentle and powerful sweetness. If you like strong flavors, this bowl will make you nod silently and eat one mouthful after another. 🥩 Ingredients The ingredients used are extremely delicate barbecued pork, the parts are carefully selected, and the ratio of fat to lean meat is perfect. The side dishes are sometimes changed according to the season, and sometimes even a small cup of soup is attached, like the aftertaste of the meal, making people reluctant to leave. 🌿 Overall experience: "Menya Pochi" is not a chain ramen restaurant that fills your stomach casually. It is the rhythm of Kyoto written into soup, and it is a fusion of craftsmanship and time. From the design of the space, the choice of bowls, and even the quiet rhythm of serving, every place makes people slow down and "eat a bowl of noodles" well, not too much, not fast, but just right. It is ramen, but it is also a Zen experience. If you come to Kyoto not just to check in, but want to "feel" the depth of a bowl of ramen, then make a reservation in advance, walk into Pochi, and meet yourself in that bowl of quiet soup.