“Menya Ao AOI” brings the winter taste of Ibaraki to rich miso ramen! The rich pork liver soup is sure to hit your five organs. – ASCII.jp

Menya Ao AOI (Tsukuba City), a famous rich miso shop representing Ibaraki, has created a cup perfect for the cold winter. As part of the “15th Anniversary Memorial Noodles” project of “Ramen Walker Ibaraki 2024” (now on sale), the taste of Ibaraki’s winter will be made into rich miso ramen!

Limited to 15 cups per day! Rich pork bone seafood ramen featuring red bean liver as the main character “Rich red bean liver miso”

Ibaraki is a treasure trove of seafood. Monkfish is one of the most famous winter delicacies. The juicy flesh is also delicious, but the liver is especially popular. In winter, the temperature of the sea water drops, which causes the livers of monkfish to enlarge, become fatty, and have a deeper flavor. “Dobujiru”, a hotpot dish made by dissolving the liver of apricots in soup, has become a representative local dish of Ibaraki. This time, “Menya Aoi AOI” will be presenting a rich miso ramen that uses plenty of apricot liver.

The base of the soup is the restaurant’s signature rich pork bone seafood. Pork bones, chicken bones, and other ingredients are cooked for three days and combined with seafood such as dried fish and dried sardines, making it rich in flavor. In this soup, a matured miso sauce made mainly from white miso from Shinshu, and apricot liver are luxuriously dissolved. It’s thick, rich, and creamy. There is no fishy smell at all, and it has a slightly sweet taste that lingers.

The main ingredient is steamed pork liver. It has a moist and rich flavor, accented by the refreshing sensation of the skin of Fukurai mandarin oranges from Tsukuba. Of course it’s delicious to eat as is, but you can also dissolve it in soup to make a richer soup. Other ingredients such as mizuna, carrots, shiitake mushrooms, and chashu pork are also added to add color to the rice bowl.

And don’t miss the noodles. These homemade noodles are made exclusively for premium noodles, and are distinctive for their brownish color. Its true identity is shiitake mushrooms, which are kneaded into the noodles. Shiitake mushrooms are rich in guanylic acid, an umami ingredient, which enhances the flavor of an liver miso soup. The thick noodles have a chewy and strong texture that clings well to the thick soup, and the more you chew, the more delicious the miso and noodles become. If you have the stomach, we recommend ordering the risotto set (sold separately for 220 yen) and enjoying all of the soup.

The owner, Shingo Koseki, studied ramen on his own and founded Menya Muso in 2008 in Shibasaki, Tsukuba City. The restaurant quickly became popular for its light Chinese noodles and rich pork bone and seafood tsukemen (closed in 2017).

“Menya Ao AOI” was launched in 2010 as a second brand. This restaurant’s signature menu is rich miso ramen, which is based on a rich pork bone and seafood soup, and is supported as one of the prefecture’s most famous miso restaurants.

Regarding this limited edition noodle, Mr. Koseki says, “The theme is Ibaraki ingredients, so in addition to the liver, we also use local ingredients such as Fukukita mandarin peel and mizuna.Feel the Ibaraki experience with this bowl.” Enjoy to your heart’s content with this rich pork liver miso soup that will permeate your five organs and senses!

Click here for purchase and details of “Ramen Walker Ibaraki 2024”
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This limited edition noodle is a “15th Anniversary Memorial Noodle” project that can only be enjoyed by purchasers of “Ramen Walker Ibaraki 2024” (now on sale) starting in January 2024. The owners of a popular restaurant in Ibaraki, which is passionate about ramen, will unveil for the first time the ultimate cup ever made using carefully selected local ingredients. The opening event, Menya Ao AOI, will be available on a monthly basis until August (some months are closed) and will be available from January 11th to 16th, 18th, and 19th. The sale starts from 12:30 every day, so don’t miss it!

In this project, a total of 6 types of premium limited noodles from 6 stores will be available on a monthly basis. To enjoy it, you’ll need “Ramen Walker Ibaraki 2024,” so don’t forget to bring it.

[Implementation dates]January 11th (Thursday) to 16th (Tuesday), 18th (Thursday), and 19th (Friday). From 12:30 every day. Limited to 15 cups per day
[Menya Ao AOI]
Address: 2-6-10 Takezono, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Phone: 029-856-5585
Time: 11:30-14:30, 17:30-21:00 (each LO)
Closed: Wednesday
Number of seats: 20 seats (12 counters, 8 tables) *No smoking
Parking: 10 spaces (free)
Access: 10 minutes walk from Tsukuba Express Tsukuba Station Exit A4

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*”Ramen Walker Ibaraki 2024″ is required to eat limited noodles. Please show it to the store staff when purchasing or ordering a meal ticket (one copy per person, electronic version not available)

[Ramen Walker Ibaraki 2024/Limited Noodle Schedule]
◉ “Menya Ao AOI” / January 11th (Thursday) – 16th (Tuesday), 18th (Thursday), 19th (Friday), 2024
◉ “Ramen Cotton Pot” / Scheduled for February 9th (Friday) to February 12th (Holiday)
◉“Chinese Soba JUN-CHAN” / Scheduled for April 25th (Thursday) to 28th (Sunday)
◉“Menya Ishida” / Scheduled for May 23rd (Thursday) to May 26th (Sunday)
◉ “Dragon Noodle’s” / Scheduled for June 6th (Thursday) – 9th (Sunday)
◉”Mensai Kohane” / Scheduled for August 22nd (Thursday) – 25th (Sunday)

■Click here for purchase and details of “Ramen Walker Ibaraki 2024”
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