I went there when the biggest snowfall in 4 years hit Tokyo, and no trains were running anymore, no people were on the streets, and everything looked beautifully crazy. My Japanese friends told me as soon as snow hits Tokyo and the trains stop driving, they always leave their house and run to their favourite restaurants. That’s the exact time when you can get a table there because no one can make it in time or at all to their reservation. You got to love Japan’s dedication to food!

So let us talk about Gonokami. This place is dedicated to Ebi flavours, aka shrimp flavours, and tsuekmen. So you get a beautiful bowl of tsukemen here and a couple of options regarding your broth. All will be end up with ebi inside. There was an ebi broth, a miso broth and a tomato broth on the menu and we went for number one and two. The miso broth had an even stronger ebi flavour than the ebi broth, so I’m not sure what you will get if you order the tomato one.

So ebi tsukemen are one of a kind, the whole broth smells and tastes like shrimp, the noodles are getting attacked by shrimp flavour once you dig in, and all you can think of is shrimp while eating this. I loved it. It’s so unique; words can hardly explain it what you will experience here. It’s another star on my google map and my last spot till I come back to Tokyo hopefully soonish!

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