No. 20 in the world · November 2026
Higashi-Ikebukuro Taishoken
No. 20The one bowl to order
Tokusei morisoba: the original tsukemen, cold noodles to dip in the hot, sweet-sour broth
Kazuo Yamagishi, the god of ramen, made dipping noodles famous here; the shop (rebuilt nearby in 2007) still makes the bowl every tsukemen counter copies.
Make it at home
Tsukemen: dipping noodles with a rich pork and fish dip
30 min with a ready broth · 2. The noodles come cold and thick in one bowl, a hot, concentrated dip in another. Dip, slurp, and at the end ask for hot broth to thin the dip and drink it.
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