Hiyoshi Taishoken / 日吉 大勝軒 - Hiyoshi
Hiyoshi Taishoken is a ramen shop, not even a minute away from the busy Hiyoshi station, a hub for students and business men, which almost guarantees good food. You can find Taishoken in a small back alley, very close to the North side of the station. There are some signs to pull you in from the main street, so it should not be too hard to find. Once you find it, you will immediately see the vending machine outside. So make sure to get your ramen ticket before you enter the store.
The front of the ramen shop Hiyoshi Taishoken
Hiyoshi Taishoken is serving old school style shoyu ramen, similar to what is served at the legendary Eifukucho Taishoken. Which isn’t a surprise, since the owner has trained at Eifukucho Taishoken.
The chukamen with extra wantan at Hiyoshi Taishoken
The ramen at Hiyoshi Taishoken is quite big, as you would expect. The regular (並)size ramen warns you that you will get roughly 2 times the amount of noodles you would get at a regular ramen restaurant, clocking in at 300 grams of noodles. I would only recommend this option if you’re really hungry. Otherwise go for the small (小) option, which will put 150 grams of ramen noodles of front of you, which is similar to other ramen shop normal bowls.
Soup at Hiyoshi Taishoken, light and yet fragrant mix of pork bones and niboshi sardines.
The soup at Hiyoshi Taishoken, just like at Eifukucho Taishoken, is a pork bone broth base which is refined with niboshi. This creates a complex and yet light soup, which is topped with a layer of floating lard, that traps the heat in the bowl.
I can’t recommend this place for ramen beginners who might be looking for more punching and rich bowls. But if you’re a bit interested in the more classic styles of ramen and you find yourself between Tokyo and Yokohama, then Hiyoshi Taishoken is a super convenient choice for ramen.
Pork chashu at Hiyoshi Taishoken
The chashu is classic pork that almost falls apart. Fittingly, it is not a super fatty piece and matches the soup quite well.
Pork wantan at Hiyoshi Taishoken
The wantan have quite long “sleeves” or whatever you would call them, which get coated nicely by the soup and provide a change of texture to the noodle slurping. The filling is quite small, but you get a large number of wantan if you get the Wantan Chukamen option. I counted around 8-10 wantan, which left me quite satisfied and happy with my choice of adding them to the bowl.
Classic ramen noodles - and quite a lot of them too! Thin, long and slurpy.
The noodles are very old school, as one would expect at Taishoken.
More information about Hiyoshi Taishoken / 日吉 大勝軒:
Here is the official Twitter of Hiyoshi Taishoken, but it is not very active
Since the bowls are quite similar, maybe you would like to check out some reviews about Eifukucho Taishoken by 5amramen and Ramen Adventures.
Since Hiyoshi Taishoken does not appear to have an official website, here is the official website of Eifukucho Taishoken.
