[Tokyo, Marunouchi] Kaneda — Hirauchi Zaru Soba (Flat Chilled Soba), ¥1,300 [Visited August 2025]

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Kaneda (Tokyo/Ramen)

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Visit and Queue Information

If there is a line, buy your ticket first and then connect to the line.

This time, there was a wait just as we were leaving and cleaning up.

Ordering and Payment

Menu

Hirauchi Zaru Soba (Flat Chilled Soba)

The restaurant seems to recommend KANEDA noodles (ramen) and Kuroge Wagyu beef rice. .

This time I saw on SNS “Hirauchi Zaru Soba (Flat Chilled Soba) (1,300 yen)” was selected.

Well, I'm talking about Tsukemen (Dipping Noodles).

When handing over your ticket, you can choose between cold and hot dipping sauce, and since it was hot on the day I visited, I chose cold.

It was served within about 5 minutes after being seated.

I waited 10 minutes to be seated, so the total was 15 minutes.

So let's move on to the pain.

Noodles

These are extra-thick flat noodles, just like what I saw on SNS.

As you can tell from the inclusion of crushed pieces, it contains whole grains.

To be honest, the noodles were at their peak when they arrived. .

First of all, it's hard to eat. .

It's so thick that it's hard to eat even one piece at a time.

When you bite into it, you can smell the wheat taste. .

Since it is filled with lukewarm water, the texture is unpleasant when you put it in your mouth.

It's submerged in water, but I think it's probably just normal water.

Even if it wasn't kelp water, it would have been possible to keep this water cold. .

There's a possibility that it's kelp water, but it's still too tasteless.

There is also something similar in Gunma called extra-thick Himokawa Udon, but it's not very tasty either. .

I used to think that thicker noodles are tastier, not just ramen, but there is a certain upper limit. .

dipping sauce

The dipping sauce is based on kelp and bonito, with a splash of soy sauce.

Especially compatible with noodles. . That's what it feels like.

It would have been different if I had selected warm. . I don't think so.

toppings

The toppings are served on a separate plate and include chashu pork, menma, white onion, and yuzu.

By the way, this plate is like a lid, and there is dipping sauce at the bottom.

Chashu (Braised Pork)

The pork cut is loin and is a rare type.

I can feel the flavor of the meat.

seaweed

There are seaweed, raw eggs, chive pepper, etc. on the table, and you can use them as much as you like.

So, I picked up some sheets of seaweed.

If you look at seaweed alone, you will notice its crisp texture and aroma.

I tried eating it with noodles and dipping it in dipping sauce. . I don't think they were particularly compatible. .

chive pepper

I added chive pepper, which is a blend of chives and spices, to the dipping sauce.

The punch of the chives and the spiciness and spiciness from the chili peppers and spices instantly make it taste more like a junkie.

Both the noodles and dipping sauce had a relatively mild taste, so I got the impression that only the chive pepper was floating in the dish. .

Impressions and Rating

Kaneda, I personally found it quite strange. .

The noodles were hard to eat and the lack of flavor due to not having been washed with cold water made me think about leaving halfway through.

What I would like to say to all ramen shops, not just this shop, is that if you are offering chilled food only in the summer, such as Tsukemen (Dipping Noodles), please serve it with cold water/ice water.

Please don't pretend to finish it with lukewarm water. .

The ramen seems to have thin noodles, so there's a possibility that I'll come back to eat this one, but since Hirauchi Zaru Soba (Flat Chilled Soba) is so weird, I don't feel like coming back at all. .

The point that can be appreciated is that you can eat all you can eat seaweed and raw eggs. .

However, seaweed does not go well with Hirauchi Zaru Soba (Flat Chilled Soba) and dipping sauce. .

If you order a rice dish such as Kuroge Wagyu beef rice, you'll probably be able to use the raw egg, but if you order only noodles, there's no chance to use it at all. .

Google Mapss has a high rating, but this seems to be because they offer a one-item service based on word-of-mouth reviews.

Tabelog is also highly rated as being in the TOP5000, but well, Tabelog is just that if you pay for it. .

It's been a while since I took it off. . I was blown away by corporate strategy and marketing. . It was a shop that made me think.

Summary