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“Mud-based Ramen” touted to have thickest broth in all of Japan

Oona McGee Jun 4, 2016
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This ramen store is wowing customers with a broth so thick you can stand a spoon in it.

We’ve seen some unusual ramen noodle dishes in Japan, with unique broths featuring the flavours of berries, chocolate, and even Captain America. Now it’s time for a dish with a mind-blowing texture that’s so unusual customers are travelling from across Japan to a little eatery in Aichi Prefecture to get it.

▼ With its hand-written signage, Ooiwatei doesn’t attract much attention from passers-by, yet business remains solid thanks to a star dish that’s so unusual it’s even made news on television.

東刈谷にあるラーメン屋「大岩亭」初訪
超濃厚な豚骨ラーメンと超気合が入った店主で有名な店
外で待ってる間にも店内から「おおおおおおぉぉぉぉぉぅいっっっっ！！！」「ああああああああああああぉぉぉぉぉぅいっっっっ！！！」と気合が聞こえる pic.twitter.com/DO7cMBNVAc

— 砂鯨 (@snkj6) May 8, 2016

All the dishes at Ooiwatei are made using a tonkotsu pork broth. Only here, the soup is so dark and thick it adds a whole other dimension to the meal, earning it the nickname, “mud-based ramen”.

Twitter user @yukki_yp visited the restaurant recently, and, since posting photos of the unusual order online, the tweet has received more than ten thousand likes and retweets.

https://twitter.com/yukki_yp/status/738212136837513216

It turns out that hundreds of other Twitter users have fallen in love with the dish over the years, all sharing photos and declaring this to be ramen on a whole other level.

会社の人と昼飯で「大岩亭」
いわゆる「ドロ系ラーメン」を初めて食べた、いやなんかもうこれはラーメンなのか？って感じから始まって、食べ進めるにつれて今まで自分が食べてきたのはラーメンだったのか？？？って疑問まで沸いてくるレベルだった。 pic.twitter.com/0CuI9TWwdL

— かのか (@kanokamaru) May 17, 2016

Customers have been standing their spoons in their bowls to prove just how thick the soup base really is, with many ramen aficionados claiming it to be the thickest broth in the country.

前にTLで見た東刈谷の大岩亭に来たぞい。
大岩ラーメン特鳥や！
スープの粘度はレンゲが立つレベル。
あと、ご飯セルフでお代わり自由やで。 pic.twitter.com/6qyTtC2TWp

— 天音衣月 (@ikyex) May 27, 2016

https://twitter.com/_Rurien/status/738277320658550784

While there are a variety of ramen dishes on the menu, distinguished by different toppings like spring onion, seaweed, and chashu braised pork, all of them contain the distinctive thick tonkotsu soup base.

愛知県が誇る
頭の悪いラーメン屋！
スープは食べるもの！
大岩亭だ！ pic.twitter.com/4vSBHmlvQG

— 呑龍 (@donryuu00) May 4, 2016

Said to have a deliciously dense, rich taste of pork soup, customers are so pleased with the flavours they happily slurp up every last drop of the delicious broth.

大岩亭。チャーシューメン特鳥。完飲。 pic.twitter.com/rcFBo26nuK

— おうすい🚑 (@aquaregia_SW_WW) May 12, 2016

This is definitely one of the most unique, must-try ramen dishes in the country. To see how it’s made, check out the short clip below from Ooiwatei’s television appearance.

Information
Ooiwatei/大岩亭
Address: Aichi-ken, Anjo-shi, Midori-cho, 1-16-9
愛知県安城市緑町 1-16-9
Hours: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m./5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (Closed Mondays and during the year-end and Obon holidays)

Source: Byoukan Sunday
Top Image: Twitter/@yukki_yp