🍜 Affordable, large bowls, and delicious! Handmade, chewy udon noodles with great texture, and various fried snacks that are also tasty!

I stumbled upon this udon shop, hidden in an alley, and it seems the customers are mostly locals and office workers. The udon is made following traditional methods from Saitama, and you can tell right away that it’s different from the ones you find outside.

The menu has a lot of variety, including small portion sets that come with dessert, so there are quite a few female customers dining alone.

This time, I ordered the mushroom udon and a mini tempura don set. The mushroom dipping sauce was generous, and the chewiness of the noodles was really satisfying 😋 It came with sesame and nori, adding a lovely aroma when mixed halfway through.

The mini tempura don contained about five or six types of fried items, definitely not mini 😂 Paired with a sweet sauce, it was crispy yet refreshing, and it's hard to believe that you can get a bowl of udon for just an extra 300 yen!

If you love udon, you definitely have to give this place a try; it's completely different from chain stores - truly a place that values quality! Some reviews on Google Maps mentioned that you could pay by card, but when I asked in person, they only accepted cash (so I immediately ran next door to get money 🥹).