This time, I went to a ramen restaurant in a food truck in Tobita-Shinchi, Osaka. "When I passed by here as a child, the atmosphere seemed different, so I asked my grandfather, 'What do you do here?' He told me I'd understand when I grew up." "This is a town where men come to have fun at night." "I was born and raised in this area, but I hardly ever come around here." "Nowadays you can come here like this, but 40 or 50 years ago it wasn't the kind of place you could normally come to." (It is also an area where photography is quite restricted.) In the heart of Tobita Shinchi, Nishinari Ward, Osaka City, there is a ramen shop that operates as a food truck only two days a week. "Nishinari Offal Ramen Rukki" 3-7-3 Sanno, Nishinari-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture Open every Friday and Saturday, closed on rainy days Business hours: 6pm until sold out There are lots of signs on the car. "Celebrities and sumo wrestlers have come to eat here." (The owner was born and raised in this area.) Offal is a local delicacy. The carefully prepared innards are popular for their chewy texture and delicious flavor. A bowl of ramen costs 700 yen, and you can add horumon toppings for an additional fee. The shop is located right in front of "Taiyoshi Hyakuban," a famous cultural asset in Nishinari. We open at 6pm, but we start preparations early, boiling lots of water. (Auspicious ornament for prosperous business) "We have two 20L tanks," he said. "We have enough stock to make 150 to 160 cups over the two days of business." "We prepare them in the kitchen by boiling them, removing any unpleasant odors, and cutting them up." "The cuts are called 'akasen' and 'hachinosu'. This preparation takes a lot of time." "There are " Many restaurants have started serving offal, and there 's a lot of competition," he said "I was born and raised here, so I wanted to create a ramen that combines my favorite ramen with ofal, and that's how I started making 'offal ramen.'" " I like ramen and I like ofal, so I thought it would be delicious if I added it." After graduating from school, I got a job together with my classmates. "Food trucks often passed by where I worked, and whenever I saw them I thought it looked like a fun job." "It seemed like fun to drive and go to events to sell the food." "Eventually I quit my job as security and started working at a car dealership." "Then a customer came in to sell me this car." "That person also wanted to run a food truck, but wasn't able to open when COVID-19 began, so he came to sell it," said the man. "It seems he had been using it as his personal car, but the loading platform was still brand new." "I thought this was fate, so I bought the car, quit my job, and decided to start a food truck." (Apparently, he was curious about what kind of shop it was and stopped by.) "This is a place where people have warm interactions." "It's boiled thoroughly, so you can eat it as is, but we grill it again before serving." "It's better if it's a little burnt or grilled, and it tastes better when it's warm. " "The sauce is made by mixing various seasonings." "The sauce at Yamaki, a famous horumon restaurant in Nishinari, contains garlic," he said. "But we have customers who come here to have fun at night, so we make the sauce without garlic so there's no smell." "If they come here to have fun and smell like garlic, both men and women will be put off." "You can add garlic as a topping, but we don't get many orders early in the day. Later in the day, we get more orders." "Customers waiting for the store to open" When an order is placed, the noodles are boiled in time to heat the innards. Put the ramen sauce into the bowl. The garlic topping is crushed and added after the order is placed. Pour in the soup and add the noodles Add the offal and spring onions and it's done! (The pose when it's delicious) (More and more customers are coming.) Local resident: "Now you can come around here like this," "But 40 or 50 years ago, it wasn't the kind of place that ordinary people could come to," "This area has changed with the times," "It's become a nice town," "Well, this area has long been a place where men come to have fun at night," "You can see it when you look around, right? There are shops lined up," and "I was born and raised in Nishinari, but I've hardly ever come around here. The atmosphere of this place is unique." "I've only started coming here recently, " he said. "When I come here, I eat ramen and then eat takoyaki on the corner before going home." On this day, there were many customers from the moment the shop opened, and the owner continued to make ramen. Local youth : "I've never been to a shop in this area," "I'm too embarrassed to be seen going in, so I can't go" lol "When I was in elementary school, a big shopping mall opened nearby, and I used to walk down this street to go play. "There were lots of cute girls sitting in the shops along the street, and I thought it was so cute. Seeing cute girls was such a great feeling." "As a kid, I thought the older girls were the coolest!" "The ladies were very kind and would sometimes wave at me," she said. "The older ladies were also very kind." "When I grew up, I came to this area for different reasons." "When I go to Tennoji, I pass through this area, so it's a familiar place that I've been passing through since I was a child." "One time, I was riding through here on my grandpa's back." "When I asked my grandpa what this place was for, he said, 'You'll understand when you grow up.'" "He told me that when you grow up, you might come here too." lol "My grandpa passed away before he could take me to the shop." "Hormone Ramen" - Add hormone as a topping
