Sanma-men
Sanma-men is a famous Yokohama Ramen and this is the version from '玉泉亭'/'Gyokusentei'.
Tatsuo Ida, the second generation owner of 'Gyokusentei', a three generation Chinese restaurant in Naka Ward, is believed to have come up with “Sanma-men”.
"Sanma" refers to three fresh food ingredients: "bean sprouts," "pork," and "Chinese cabbage". The noodles are thin, and the soup is prepared as salt or soy sauce flavor, topped with a starchy sauce prepared with bean sprouts, cabbage, wood-ear mushrooms, fish cake, and thinly-sliced pork etc.
The dish is rather 'simple' - relying solely on the ingredients to sing and pop. The taste is inherently sweet, due to the generous usage of stir-fried cabbage, and this was welcomed as it help to balance off the usually slightly salty preferences in Japanese dishes. Nonetheless, my travel mate complained that the dish was too 'vegetarian' as there were very little meat to be found/taste. It was not robust enough for him but for myself, I thought it was pretty decent as vegetable, done right, can deliver great tastes and textures!
Sanma-men
Sanma-men is a famous Yokohama Ramen and this is the version from '玉泉亭'/'Gyokusentei'.
Tatsuo Ida, the second generation owner of 'Gyokusentei', a three generation Chinese restaurant in Naka Ward, is believed to have come up with “Sanma-men”.
"Sanma" refers to three fresh food ingredients: "bean sprouts," "pork," and "Chinese cabbage". The noodles are thin, and the soup is prepared as salt or soy sauce flavor, topped with a starchy sauce prepared with bean sprouts, cabbage, wood-ear mushrooms, fish cake, and thinly-sliced pork etc.
The dish is rather 'simple' - relying solely on the ingredients to sing and pop. The taste is inherently sweet, due to the generous usage of stir-fried cabbage, and this was welcomed as it help to balance off the usually slightly salty preferences in Japanese dishes. Nonetheless, my travel mate complained that the dish was too 'vegetarian' as there were very little meat to be found/taste. It was not robust enough for him but for myself, I thought it was pretty decent as vegetable, done right, can deliver great tastes and textures!