Agreed on the cheese ramen My girlfriend and I went here on what must have been the hottest day of the summer. We waited oustide in the heat for about 30 minutes and then sat down in the _mildly_ air conditioned restaurant. We both ordered the cheese ramen, and it was good, but it did indeed turn into a big, creamy bowl of cheese. The people next to us ordered the hiyashi-chuka, which looked great. I suppose I'll wait until it gets hot again and go back for the hiyashi-chuka. -Pat (pjdwyer@k5.dion.ne.jp) posted by PhatJanuary 11, 2003 at 9:50 [ e ]

九十九 I think the pronunciation is something like つかも? Apparently an old Japanese reading of the name. I still can't understand why so many people wait an hour+ for something that gets slurped down in less than 10 minutes. But I am sure it is 美味しい。 posted by anon_DanielJanuary 15, 2003 at 5:50 [ e ]

つくも Yea, it's actually called tsukumo.  Nobody seems to know why the kanji for 99 which would normally be pronouced que jew que is pronouced tsukumo when used as a name. posted by greggmanJanuary 15, 2003 at 20:31 [ e ]

Have you tried the 一風堂? Heard of 一風堂? Sometimes you can find the instant noodle version in Sever-Eleven. The 一風堂 that I went to is close to Waseda University. The noodle is thin and the egg is half-boiled. And it is very very delicious. I thought that it is much better than the rest of the so called famous Ramen places. posted by DixonSiuAugust 20, 2003 at 3:20 [ e ]