January 12, 2007

かるかや

釜揚げうどん、３５０円。
Kamaage udon - hot udon straight from the cooking pot and accompanied by a dipping sauce(cold in this case and with a raw egg). The udon is homemade - very chewy and nice. 350yen is so cheap! This place is on the roof of Ikebukuro Seibu department store. I knew about the roof floor self-service eateries but never thought of trying. Then I saw a gourmet program on TV introducing this udon shop and a search in the internet showed that it is actually mentioned in a few udon-related web sites, so I went to try on the next day. But as I should have known, everybody saw that program....I just couldn't be bothered to wait. One season later, either the media influence has faded or it is just too cold to eat outside, no queue! ^^;;
かるかや

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