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The Vegan Ramen here is delicious.

By on July 7, 2021

As many ramen restaurants in Japan are discovering since the rise of the vegan population, concocting a plant-based noodle dish without relying on meat for umami, is fraught with challenges.

After three years of trial and error, Ippudo, Japan’s ramen chain best known for its pork broth noodles, has finally cracked the code by combining  soy milk with mushrooms and kombu (seaweed), for added punch. The result is possibly the closest to the actual tonkotsu (pork broth) umami you will find in Tokyo. The soup is used in selected Ippudo stores offering vegan and vegetarian options.

The ramen restaurant chain uses kidney beans as substitute for chashu (braised pork belly cuts) toppings and the noodles are generally made without eggs.

Soranoiro, a smaller ramen chain of restaurants owned by Ippudo, is where many of today’s Tokyo’s vegetarian and vegan crowd go for ramen.

The vegetarian option, although meat-free, includes egg toppings.

 

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