Shop Name: Tamashii Ramen (Astoria, Queens, NY)

Ramen Ordered: Shoyu Tsukemen



Location: 2905 Broadway Long Island City, NY 11106

So sorry for the delay in reporting…look for a number of updates coming quickly.

M’s brother has recently moved to Queens, so Team Ramen-Ya have visited him on several occasions. This has been a fantastic opportunity to try the ramen shops on the other side of Manhattan…and they’re pretty damn good.

Tamashii Ramen was where we ended up after celebrating a birthday in Astoria Park. We started with okonomiyaki (my real most favorite food in the world, but harder to find in the USA than ramen) and edamame. For those of you who don’t know, okonomiyaki almost literally translates to “a bunch of stuff you love, grilled” - and it is awesome. Even our one-year-old, L, loved it.

Tamashii describes their soup as:

Tamashii soup is made daily using whole chicken and 5 different vegetables which are simmered together for 14 hours. More than 3 types of seafood and medicinal herbs are added for a well-rounded taste and for better absorption of nutrients into the body. Main Sauces We use mineral salt.

We use tamari soy sauce, a special soy sauce that was reserved for Japanese royalty. (No wheat addition)

We use hatcho miso, 100% soy beans that’s been fermented for 2 years. It is then mixed with 12 beneficial ingredients and fermented for another month to make our miso paste. *At Tamashii Ramen, we always try to use the best ingredients to make the most nutritious meal for our customers.

I took the opportunity to try the Tamashii Tsukemen - the dipping noodles. With their “Tamashii Soup” as a base, the diner then dips the noodles, along with chashu, scallion, onion, seaweed, menma and egg. The soup was flavorful (although a little salty, but that’s not bad) and the noodles were firm and easily slurped. Service was good, and they didn’t try to rush us out or away (and didn’t object to the sometimes unhappy toddler.

Overall - if you’re in Queens, give it a shot!