Ome City, Ramen Daihachi A famous shop that's been well regarded since the previous owner's time, and its popularity is still going strong. I stopped by just before 12 noon, and the place was already nearly full. In the lively atmosphere, I had the “miso ramen” at the counter. Rich soup, satisfying thick noodles, and plenty of bean sprouts and ground meat. This combination is the best; it'd been a while since I'd had it, but it was a bowl that made me reconfirm “it really is delicious!” At checkout, too, I got a boost of energy from the cheerful obachan before leaving. When I went outside, there were already customers waiting their turn, and I was amazed all over again at how popular it is. A place in Ome I recommend, which fills both your stomach and your heart.

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First visit, Saturday around 12:50. People were waiting by the entrance (inside the shop), so I waited outside. Before long I was able to go in. Then, having read the reviews, I had natto miso ramen for the first time in my life. Wondering whether natto goes with ramen, I first ate the natto and such with the slotted renge? and drank some soup along with it, and the sweet soup, the vegetables, and the natto all came together, and I thought, delicious! Maybe partly because the weather was nice, but the soup was piping hot, and I enjoyed it while drenched in sweat! The amount of noodles was quite a lot too, almost too much for a guy in his fifties like me, so I'm glad I didn't go for the set meal? thing 😅 Also, the smell of the curry ramen the person next to me ordered was tempting 😍 I'll go eat there again!

I couldn't forget the taste of Ramen Daihachi's Hamura shop, which closed on November 29, 2013, so I went to the Ome shop for the first time. If I remember right, the previous generation were brothers and there were only two shops, Hamura and Ome; the Hamura shop was fairly close to the station, and I'd been going there since my high school days 😃 Back when I worked at Daiei too, whenever I got tired of the staff cafeteria, I'd sneak out to eat there, and I went with my girlfriend as well. Ramen Daihachi, where I also once drove my mother to eat What I always ordered was “#NattoMisoRamen” and “#HalfFriedRice” Back then the natto miso ramen was about 580 yen and the half fried rice was about 200 yen. This was my first visit to the Ome shop, and the menu is almost the same But the Ome shop doesn't have fried rice ❗️ Probably they're too busy to have time to make it 😅 I arrived at the Ome shop 10 minutes before opening, and never expected customers to already be lined up ‼️ I somehow managed to get a counter seat in the first round, but from about the 20th person on, it was the second round 😱 The Ome shop is currently only open for lunch every (Fri), (Sat), and (Sun), so maybe that's why it's crowded on the days it's open ⁉️ For every ramen, they stir-fry the vegetables, add the soup, and then turn it into each ramen's flavor, so it takes time. The one making the ramen—maybe the second-generation taisho?—works hard alone, stir-frying nonstop. Next to the cook was someone—their mother or a part-time obachan?—in charge of the pan-fried gyoza and noodles. Then a female staff member handling serving and the register, making a 3-person team. At the Hamura shop gyoza weren't that popular, but at the Ome shop they seem to be a popular item almost everyone orders. I snuck a glance at the gyoza of the customer next to me: largish pan-fried gyoza with thick skins, fried to a crisp, delicious-looking 👀 I'd eaten a different ramen an hour before this visit, so I couldn't order them this time, sadly 😢 I was seated at 11:30, and the ramen arrived at 12:05. Natto miso ramen for the first time in about 15 years ‼️ With a dose of nostalgia added, I enjoyed it and finished it all 😃 Next time I'd like to order the gyoza too. Thank you for the meal 🙇‍♂️ #TokyoGourmet #OmeGourmet #FarFromTheStationSoToughByTrain #RamenDaihachi

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I'd been curious about it for a long time, but lunchtime was always crowded so I never made it; visited at 11:30. I remember there used to be one in Hamura. Even before 11:30 on a weekday, about 8 people were already there, lots of older folks who seemed to be regulars. Orders varied: tanmen, miso ramen, and so on. Seating is counter, tables, and tatami, quite spacious. When I asked the obachan who came to take my order, I was told the ramen set—ramen, 3 gyoza, and half rice for 1080 yen—was a good deal, so I switched it to the shop's popular Kaminari Ramen for the price difference. The bowl arrived in about 8 minutes. Kaminari is apparently a spicy miso ramen; the soup is spicy for a moment, but the aftertaste is sweet! The more you eat, the not-too-heavy spiciness strikes an exquisite balance, and you can taste the sweetness and umami of the vegetables. It also has meat miso, napa cabbage, shiitake, and konnyaku, giving it a Japanese-style simmered-dish flavor too. The noodles are medium-thick flat noodles with a high water content, chewy, clinging well to the soup, and easy to slurp. The gyoza are also juicy with plenty of filling, with umami and meatiness that don't rely on garlic and the like—they're quite delicious on their own. Gyoza like baseball gloves. I can see why this place is popular. This harmony of spiciness and sweetness could become addictive. Homey obachan service, cash only, the counter chairs are a bit high, but you get the feeling of being on a business trip to the countryside, and it's tasty to boot. Recommended.

My first time at Ramen Daihachi. I ordered the ramen set: ramen, small rice, 3 gyoza, and takuan, and you get change back from 1000 yen. The atmosphere is an old-fashioned ramen shop, maybe a bit dirty~, but personally I found it charming and nice. Looking at the set and the amount, it felt cheap. The ramen was an old-fashioned shoyu ramen with a delicious soup with a faint ginger flavor, but the noodles were lightly flat and seemed overboiled, a little too soft. The gyoza had thick skins, were filling, with a ginger flavor—a delicious set.