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About this place
Rather than stirring all the ginger into the soup at once, start by tasting the soy sauce broth, then gradually mix in the shredded ginger. At Mendokoro Hatori, the flavour of the ginger ramen changes as you work your way through the bowl. One diner remarked that the broth has a flavour of its own before the ginger is added, while stirring it in brings a pleasant kick. You can adjust the balance at your own pace, whether you want the ginger to stand out or prefer to let the broth take centre stage at first.
The ginger ramen is available with soy sauce or salt broth, and is listed at ¥1,200. A diner who tried the soy sauce version praised its supple, medium-thin noodles for picking up the broth, and said the tender chashu pork also made an impression. It’s an option when you want the aroma of ginger alongside the depth of soy sauce. The house-special ginger ramen is also available with soy sauce or salt broth, listed at ¥1,500. Another visitor chose the salt version, describing a clear, savoury broth, the fresh aroma of ginger and fine noodles with a clean bite. If you’re weighing the two, soy sauce offers more depth, while salt may suit you if you’re after something lighter.
For a bowl without ginger, miso ramen and shrimp-salt ramen are both listed at ¥1,050. Tsukemen is the same price; the menu separately notes that you can choose soy sauce or salt. You can centre your meal on ginger, or switch things up with miso, shrimp salt or dipping noodles. To make it more of a meal, the chashu pork and sweet miso rice bowl, chicken soboro rice bowl and grated yam rice bowl are each listed at ¥300. One visitor’s account mentions ordering a mini rice bowl alongside the noodles, leaving you to decide whether to keep things simple with ramen or add a rice dish.
The dining area is described as mostly counter seating, making it suitable for solo diners. The children’s ramen is a half portion, with soy sauce, salt, miso or tsukemen to choose from, and is listed at ¥390. Payment is cash only, so it’s worth bringing cash before you visit.
