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Ok, so if you look at the amount of time it takes to go to this restaurant, as well as the fact that it is in Fukushima, you may think that it is irrelevant to you because of how it is kind of in the middle of nowhere.

I understand where you are coming from completely (I myself found Fukushima really boring as well) but, let me tell you that if you ever have the chance to come here, and you can get to Ramen Enami, it will be worth it and I can say this with full certainty because it is still one of my favourite bowls of ramen I have had in Japan to date. 

So, when I arrived in Fukushima from Sendai (which wasn’t snowing) I expected it to be the same case here, but it wasn’t. Instead, it was snowing quite hard which made it a bit difficult to look for which bus I needed to get on and led to me missing it. But, I was still determined to get to this ramen shop and so I actually took a taxi to get there.

So essentially, what was a 10 dollar ish meal turned into a 30 dollar one. But I didn’t regret it. 

I actually ended up arriving before they opened (maybe 10-15 minutes early), but there was already a lineup of about 5 people – which is always a good sign it is going to be good.

When I got in there were counter seats, as well as a few tables from what I remember, and I have a recollection of it being decently spacious.

There were about 3 staff members, and instead of your stereotypical ramen shop where you tell your order to the chef from the counter, one of the staff actually came over to take it from you, which can help, especially if you don’t want to feel rushed/are not that confident in your Japanese ability. 

I myself was a bit stuck on what I should get, and so I actually asked the guy sitting next to me what he always gets and he said the “spicy tsukemen” (dipping noodles) to which I was appreciative but also felt a little bad because It allowed me to realize that I should get the basic ramen since it is my first time, which is what I inevitably ordered.

Now, they have ramen, tsukemen, and mazesoba (mixing noodles) but everyone in the shop with me was ordering tsukemen, so I did the same thing. 

All of their tsukemen consist of a seafood base to the soup, with some featuring meat of some sort as well. 

I ended up going with the 魚介豚骨つけめん which is a seafood and pork bone based soup. 

The amount of noodles is small, normal, medium, and large, and they consist of 350g, 500g, 800g and 1kg respectively. Being dumb, I went with the small not realizing that I have actually eaten a kilo of udon noodles before at: 

This is still my biggest regret about this place to this day, and I will explain why. 

Because once the noodles were placed in front of me, and I tried one without the soup (this is what I learned from watching ramen youtubers) it was instantly one of the top 3 noodles I had eaten in Japan. 

They were handmade (of course) and while they look like they have some sort of wheat or something in it, it didn’t make them taste bland or hearty in any way, and they maintained an incredible elasticity. 

After my first bite of them I actually asked the staff if I could order more noodles to which they told me no and I was a little bit frustrated by this because the shop didn’t even have all its seats filled yet and I would have paid anyway so I didn’t see the problem. But anyways, as a means to counter this I just went with my old partner in crime – a bowl of white rice. 

Just note that you will likely want more noodles than you think you can handle here. 

Now, for the soup. It is honestly still something I think about to this day. In fact, it was one of the few soups I feel like I could eat everyday and not get sick of it. 

It was a thicker soup with various meat pieces (likely chashu) inside and stuck to the noodles surprisingly well. 

The soup was strong, both with hints of seafood and pork bones but man was it ever good. The consistency I would say was closer to a gravy as opposed to a chicken noodle soup. 

It also had a really good smell which took over the whole shop and definitely increased my hunger as I sat there waiting for my food. 

It is in a bit of a bad location, but it is so good and I want everyone else to try it as well if you get the chance! 

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