京都柚子豚骨拉麵研究中心 中山本店

very authentic japanese yuzu ramen!! there’s always a small line before heading in, but it only takes around 10-15 minutes. the staff were friendly and helpful! a small improvement that could be made is that the seats on the side (not the bar seats) could also have their own water jug? or waiters could serve the water. my friend and I wanted water but the waiters were busy so we just got the water jug from the bar seats but the waiters took it back...

I think I got some luck for ramen this year. Or did ramen industry just secretly upgraded during the virus? There were three choices on the menu that really took me some time to decide: yuzu(their signature), black garlic, and sake. I went for black garlic this time but for sure I’ll go back for the rest. And will also go for extra chashu! #food #ramen #japanese #kyoto #taipei #taiwan #yuzu #blackgarlic #garlic #noodles #chashu #weekender

Noodles were not bad and the add on egg was average. Soup base was unique and tasty. Really enjoyed the yuzu flavor and scent. The The chasu however was pretty bad, stringy and a bit dry. That combined with a small portion only deserves a 3 and I probably won't be back with all the other options in the area

Today, I took my kids to this new ramen place which opened up about a month or so ago. There was a huge lineup at the beginning so we decided to wait for the hype to settle before attempting to go. Ordering from the machine was pretty straight forward, but all in Chinese. I wish they had an English version to help the process go faster. Luckily the kids could read Chinese, so with their help, I understood what to do. Step 1, choose the type of Ramen (I chose the number one, whereas the kids chose the number 0 (改）with a generous amount of their signature charsiu. Step 2, choose the strength of your broth. You can choose between a Japanese style thick broth or Taiwanese style thin broth. We all chose the Japanese style thick broth, because the other description gave us an impression that it would have a sad lack of flavor...and this is well...Japanese ramen after all. Step 3, choose your noodle type. You have a choice between thin and thick noodles. I personally prefer the thick noodles, but my kid liked the thin noodles. Step 4, choose the texture of your noodles. Choose between soft, regular and hard. I chose hard, while the kids chose the regular firmness. I tried all of our noodles, and honestly, there wasn't much of a difference in the texture between the hard and regular. Step 5, if you have seaweed in your ramen, I highly recommend that you tempura your seaweed. A.m.a.z.i.n.g. it came out super crispy and not oily at all. The other option is your standard non fried seaweed. Step 6 onions or no onions. I got it, but the kids didn't. Your choice. It didn't make much of a difference unless you want to IG your meal. There were three condiments you can play with at your table, and each one was really detailed as to how to use it. I tried all three in different variations. I really love the peppery Yuzu paste wrapped in the thick charsiu slice. It gave it a peppery citric flavor profile to the tender charsiu. I added the Yuzu salt to the crispy tempura seaweed....again...really nice detail to the otherwise bland seaweed. It felt like I was eating a snack with my meal. The shichimi wasn't as useful to enhancing the flavor of anything and felt like it was just there because it was just a standard condiment. If they changed it into a really yummy Japanese Yuzu chili...it would definitely be more inline with their theme. I would definitely go back and try their black garlic ramen..until next time!

I’m new to Taipei, been checking out a lot of the ramen shops. This one is the best so far. Others have usually been disappointing to some degree. Great depth/layers in the broth. Love the tempura nori. Great charshu. Very interesting yuzu flavor and yuzu pepper. Well done, thank you, and keep it up! I’ll be back for the others on the menu.

Good ramen spot with heavier soup base. Wish they turned the AC up higher though since it's on the warmer side (no fan was blowing at my area)

Reasonable price and specialty flavor of soup. To be honestly, it is from typical ramen, but the pomelo of essence surprised me a lot. Highly recommend to visit the shop during 12:00-14:00, because you don’t need to wait for a long queue.

Ramen had a unique soup base unlock what I tasted in the past. Decent but not extraordinary. Meat quality was ok too.