With stints at niboshi temples like Nagi and Kamata’s Miyamoto under his belt, the chef behind Nanigashi in Komagome knows a thing or two about crafting boldly flavoured soup from dried fish. Fans of pungent niboshi ramen have been forming queues outside his shop by the Yamanote line tracks ever since it opened in December 2023, pilgrimaging from far and wide to sample concoctions such as Yakiago ramen (from ¥950).
Soup bursting with marine flavour from Kyushu-style ago niboshi (dried ‘flying fish’) is accompanied by extra-thick house-made noodles, thick and fatty char siu pork and an ajitama flavoured egg you’ll want to have soak up the soup for a while. The Yakiago ramen is available in both shoyu and shio versions; for an even thicker concoction, go for the Yakiago tsukemen.