Tokyo 2009 - Noodle

We wanted to have porridge for breakfast but the shop was not ready until 11am. While wondering what else to try, we spotted the noodle shop just opposite the porridge shop. It looked decent and traditional enough. What caught our eyes us was the vending machine at the entrance. Instead of ordering dishes with staff from a menu, customers will order the dishes by buying relevant tickets from the machine and then passed it to the counter. We had a great experience years back in Tokyo and decide to give it a try. It was, indeed, another great attempt :-)



The dishes were priced more affordable about 600 to 1,000 yen per item ie S$9 to S$16 per item. Again, we were quite confused over the wordings displayed on the machine and to our surprise, one of the lady staff came to help out and spoken to us in Mandarin. She is from China and has been working a few years in Japan. While waiting for the staff to cook, she served us three glasses of cold water. We were puzzle as it was pretty cold outside and they served cold drink (icy cold water) instead of warm water. On our second visit, I asked another lady, who is also from China, why and she shared that it was Japanese's practise.



The staff cooked all dishes in front of customers as we wait. The kitchen is very functional and high tech. Properly expensive to employ too many staff, they have a noodle cooking machine that can cook a few bowls of noodles at the same time each with a timer. Cool :-)

How does the noodles taste ?
Well, very tasty and nice. I liked and enjoyed the vegetable noodle soup very much (as shown in the picture below). Mind u, it was, indeed, a big serving. Very filling and satisfied. If you are a super super eater, request to upsize it by paying another 100 yen (ie S$1.6) and you could be drowned in it. Ha...ha...ha... I should say that my whole family enjoyed it very much. My daughter told FP that she liked the noodle. We all miss it a lot :-(



The shop is located in the Keio Shopping Mall in the southern part of the shopping area within the main Shinjuku train station. Not likely to be mentioned in most of the travel guides but must try it. :-)