If it's nearby, it's great for ramen too! Sakaeya ​​Main Store, the origin of "cold" ramen [Yamagata Prefecture]

During the hot summer, you want to eat something cold, right? At times like that, the one thing that is surprisingly hard to find is "chilled" ramen, right?

In Hokkaido, hiyashi chuka is sometimes called hiyashi ramen, but this hiyashi ramen is not hiyashi chuka! just regular soy sauce ramen with soup, with ice in it, making it "cold .

It has been invented in various regions across Japan, but it actually originated in Yamagata Prefecture! This time we will introduce "Yamagata Specialty Cold Ramen," which was created at Sakaeya ​​Honten

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Cold ramen from a long-established restaurant founded in 1932

It all started one hot summer day in the Showa era, when a customer asked, "You have cold soba, but why don't you have cold ramen?"

The first owner of Sakaeya ​​Honten decided to make cold ramen, but encountered a problem during the cooking process: the fat would solidify if the soup was cold

After about a year of research, in the summer of 1951, he developed a method of chilling beef broth, filtering the fat, and using bonito flakes and kelp to make the stock. The original chilled ramen used beef broth and beef roast pork

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Current Sakaeya ​​Main Branch's cold ramen

When you order the cold ramen at Sakaeya ​​Honten, you'll find kamaboko and cucumber in the center as toppings, which are not often found in regular ramen. Bean sprouts are also unusual for a soy sauce-based ramen

The thick soup becomes just the right balance as the small pieces of ice melt. Combined with the fact that it's "chilled," the noodles have a firm texture and are extremely satisfying to eat!

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There are a wide variety of cold ramen available today!

If you check the menu at Sakaeya ​​Honten, you'll see that 14 different variations of chilled ramen ! This time I went for "Chilled Ramen," I'd like to try the "Super Spicy Cold Ramen."

Souvenir cold ramen sets are also available for purchase at the register

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summary

In fact, Yamagata is a hotbed of ramen, boasting the highest ramen consumption in Japan. Chilled ramen can be said to be a local dish that suits Yamagata's unique climate, where summers are extremely hot due to the influence of the basin

Soba noodles are of course delicious, but we also recommend cold ramen if you're traveling to Yamagata during the hot summer!

"hiyashi" or "hiyashi in the chilled menu , but this time we have followed the writing style of Sakaeya ​​Honten and stuck to "hiyashi"!

Sakaeya ​​main store <Information>

• Name: Sakaeya ​​main store
• Address: 2-3-21 Honmachi, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture, 990-0043
• Phone number: 023-623-0766
• Official URL: https://sakaeyahonten.com/

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