What our customers think about Taikaiken: 005
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As soon as you enter the restaurant, the aroma of fragrant lard and truly mercifully dried sardines will make your mouth water.
After buying a meal ticket, I sat down on a chair in the waiting area and waited patiently, while looking at the bustling restaurant. The restaurant was filled with delicious smells, so I just waited patiently. Just when I thought it was about time,
"What number? Sorry to have kept you waiting! Please come to the counter."
It's finally here. The smell of dried sardines is more fragrant than before and tickles my nose. I wait for about 5 to 7 minutes.
At the counter seats, the soup is poured into large bowls, and the noodles and wontons are boiled at the right time and then added to the bowl. The bowl is then topped with roast pork, bamboo shoots, naruto, half-cut boiled eggs, and a triangular piece of nori seaweed to complete the dish. In winter, yuzu peel is also included.
First, smell the aroma from the bowl and take a sip of the soup. The flavor of the soup is exquisitely dried sardines. As you eat it however you like, the aroma, umami, saltiness, and deep, melt-in-your-mouth richness of the wonton noodles are exquisite.
Halfway through, the raw egg that was ordered at the beginning is beaten in a separate dish, and the noodles and wontons are dipped in it like sukiyaki and slurped up. The salty taste in your mouth changes to sweetness, resetting your senses. After this, when you slurp up the soup and noodles, it strangely tastes even better than before.
Noodles, wonton, soup, bamboo shoots, more noodles. I take another sniff.
At this point, sprinkle pepper around the boiled egg and the char siu. Sip the soup, and the pepper will bring out the flavor of the soup even more. Sip the noodles, sip the wonton, sip the soup, shake the char siu to dissolve the pepper, then add the noodles and soup again.
Finally, once your mouth is full of the delicious flavor of the dried sardines, you can alternate between eating the boiled egg and the roasted pork slices, then slurp down the seaweed and noodles, and then the naruto and noodles, savoring the moment when the aroma of the sea fills the air.
At this point, you take a bite of the yuzu peel, taste the soup, and then slurp up the remaining wonton, savoring every last drop of the soup.
The harmony of camellia lard floating in the soup, dried sardines, pork bones, and seasoning is the one and only taste of Taikaiken.
There is always a line at Taikaiken, and the customers are never-ending. Everyone has their own way of eating and their own stories, and I think Taikaiken is the place to make all of those dreams come true.
Recently I've been busy with work, housework and caring for my parents so I haven't been able to go to the store, but I'd like to go again once things have settled down!
