Japanese young people are addicted to Ramen Jiro

Do you like Japanese ramen? Ramen is now a japanese soul food, but there is a trend depending on the period. When I was a student Tonkotsu ramen,pork-bone Ramen. Now Ramen Jiro is popular among young people. Ramen Jiro is a ramen chain that is much popular in Kanto area. People who love Ramen Jiro are called  “Girorian” as passionate fans. The amount of ramen Jiro is huge, so there is a rumor that the calorie exceeds 2000 kcal, it is a very powerful ramen.

However, it seems that there are many people who do not know how to Jiro. In Ramen Jiro there are rules for ordering and asking the shop assistance. So I will introduce how to enjoy, eat and arrange, so that anyone can enjoy eating.

First of all, Ramen Jiro is very popular, so you have to queue for your turn. In Tokyo there are some shops of Ramen Jiro, it depends on branch shops but you have to wait for around 30 minutes and over.

As the manners it is not allowed to stand in line by one person for his/her friends. All people who are going to have ramen have to wait together. This is because the shop assistance can not know the number of people who eat ramen. Be sure to have all the eaters in line.When you come to the front of the shop, you will buy food tickets by a ticket vending machine. You have to prepare ready cash. Usually most Ramen Jiro shops do not accept credit cards.

Sometimes the shop assistance asks "What size do you want?" during waiting.Usually, people decide the size, buy a meal ticket and hold it, but it is necessary for the shop assistance to know the amount of noodles to boil, so you will be asked before entering the shop.

There are two answers: "Shou" which means small size and "Dai" which means large size. Please be careful to answer easily. Even Shou is about twice the noodles of normal ramen shops, you have to eat 300g-noodle, so it is safe for beginners to buy "Shou". If you order "Dai" you will suffer from the amount of noodle. It depends on the branch shop, you can also say "less" or "half noodles". If you are not confident whether or not to eat all of noodles, please tell it to the shop assistance.

 You learn how to Ramen Jiro as follows:



You can order topping as follows:
Ninniku (garlic)
Yasai (vegetable)
Seabura (backfat)
Karame (seasoning)
Astonishingly they are all for free, but you must not to get greedy, you have to see the monster ramen like this.

The price is very reasonable in any branch shop. A rumor says that if you eat Ramen Jiro three times you will be addictive to it unconsciously.