Mission the ultimate bowl of Wakayama ramen noodles (bowl 4)

Tanpopo Ramen (literally dandelion ramen)☆☆☆ out of 5 (researched 11  Apr 2015)

Wakayama ramen noodles are called "ramen" in Nachikatsuura

Nachikatsuura is located about 180km South East from Wakayama City.

You can get there by Limited express  "Kuroshio," take about 3 hours.

Last month, I stayed in Nachikatsura for a few weeks.One weekend, I tried the locally famed ramen place called "Tanpopo Ramen" to research their ramen noodles.

First of all, Tanpopo Ramen is a sister restaurant of Wakayama City`s famous "Ide Shoten".

This is what I saw at  Tanpopo Ramen

Soup, the poke bone with soy sauce broth is used (it looked very  much

similar to what's served at Ide Shoten).

However, I liked their soup because it had a great harmony of the flavor of soy sauce with  good body of poke bone.

Noodles, thinly straight shaped noodles are perfectly cooked. I suppose that those noodles at Maruta-ya (researched 30 Oct 2014) were slightly better. But, those at Tanpopo were good enough.

Menu

Ramen  ラーメン 600yen

Ramen dai ラーメン 大 (ramen large) 700yen

Chashu-men チャーシュー麺(ramen noodles topped with slices of roasted pork) 700yen

Chashu -men dai チャーシュー麺 大 (large) 800yen

Gyoza 餃子 ギョーザ 400yen

Fried rice チャーハン＝ヤキメシ charhan =yakimeshi 600yen

Fried rice large チャーハン大＝ヤキメシ大 charhan dai=yakimeshi dai 700yen

Chahan and ramen combo チャーハン ラーメンセット fried rice and ramen

set 1000yen, served only for lunch

A bottle of beer 550yen

A glass of draft beer 550yen  

Overall

Since Tanpopo Ramen is a small place, wheelchair is not recommended to

enter with.

The Japanese styled toilet is only available.

Conclusion

I stayed in Nachikatsuura for four weeks to have intensive rehabilitation at

the hospital. Tanpopo ramen was a good place to eat the taste of town.

However, I`m not sure if Tanpopo is worth trying from Wakayama City because Nachikatsuura (the place where Tanpopo ramen is located) is too far to

travel for lunch  and   you have  dozens of good Wakaama ramen restaurants in your backyard. But, you gotta go for it, if you are crazy about the food.