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Ayam-Ya halal ramen, ShinOkachimachi branch

Halal food Halal certification or Muslim friendly certification Muslim owner or chef Cooking in Halal kitchen Use halal meat Use halal seasoning Pork free No alcohol drinks provided Prayer space

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Halal certified restaurant that offers beautiful ramen noodles with chicken broth

Ayam-YA is a restaurant that specializes in ramen noodles with chicken broth originally from Kyoto. Ayam-Ya Tokyo is a franchised restaurant, which relocated to Motoasakusa from Okachimachi station and opened as Shinokachimachi branch in February 2020.

Ayam-ya  Shinokachimachi branch

Ayam-ya Shinokachimachi branch

Ayam means “chicken” in Indonesian and Malay languages. As the restaurant name suggests, they are known for the scrumptious noodles with chicken broth packed with flavors and an abundant of collagen.

The must-try dish is “Noko tori soba shio (noodles with extra rich chicken broth flavored with salt).”

Noko tori soba (noodles with extra rich chicken broth)

Noko tori soba (noodles with extra rich chicken broth)

This is a beautiful dish with silky thin flat noodles in fragrant chicken broth. This broth is made with chicken bones including feet and lots of vegetables, making this broth so fragrant and healing. The broth is rich, yet with the fresh onions giving the right balance to this dish, you can enjoy this dish without feeling it’s too heavy. The slices of chicken on top of the noodles are smooth and delicious!

Chicken broth noodles come with 6 different levels of heat, you will love the spicy noodles if you love spicy food.

Spicy noodles with chicken broth (front)

Spicy noodles with chicken broth (front)

If you like, or are not sure what to order, the chefs are happy to choose the ramen for you, depending on where you are from, make very spicy noodles for Muslims from South East Asia, and more mild-flavored noodles for Japanese for example. “Ayam-Ya” sounds very exotic that you may think they offer food that you are not familiar with, but they researched and experimented with ramen that Japanese people would accept, and offer a variety of noodles that Japanese people would love, although they also have an unique items such as “Jakarta maze men (soup-less noodles with special sauce and assorted toppings).”

Jakarta maze men (Jakarta mixed noodles)

Jakarta maze men (Jakarta mixed noodles)

Some side menu including deep-fried dumplings, spring rolls, and samusas (deep-fried food with chicken) are only available at Shinokachimachi branch.

Side menu

Side menu

Samusa

Samusa

Juicy deep-friend chicken is twice as big as ordinary ones, and you can order extra large ramen free of charge. You will feel their hospitality which creates the comfortable atmosphere.

Omori ramen (large size) and deep-fried chicken

Omori ramen (large size) and deep-fried chicken

Ramen restaurant with a praying area for Muslims

The owner Mr. Saifullah is a Muslim from Sri Lanka.

Restautrant owner Mr. Saifullah

Restautrant owner Mr. Saifullah

He used to be a teacher and he started thinking that he would want to live in Japan when he came here to study. He values halal practice for Muslims, so he wanted to be faithful to the Muslim philosophy at work, he agreed to get certification for Halal. Although lots of other restaurants have been giving up to update the halal certification under the situation of Covid-19, he wants to ensure constantly that Ayam-YA respects halal practice and welcome tourists again. Halal certification for the restaurant is categorized into different levels with stars by a group called Japan Halal Foundation.

Halal certificate

Halal certificate

Ayam-Ya with 3 stars, is recognized with the highest level of certification “all halal”, that means all the menus are halal and there is no alcohol provided. Currently in 2021, there has been no tourists and Muslim customers due to Covid-19, but he says “I am so grateful that we now have lots of Japanese customers enjoying our dishes who live and work in this area.”

Mr. Saifullah has been living in Japan for 7 years and speaks fluent Japanese. He also can speak his mother tongue of Sri Lankan, Tamil, English and also Arabic as Muslims learn Arabic from early age to be able to read Koran.
He is a devoted Muslim and created space for praying at the restaurant. There was a mosque in front of the previous restaurant, so there was no space for praying inside the restaurant, but after relocating to the current restaurant he decided to make space as being a little far from mosque now.

Prayer Room

Prayer Room

There is a faucet attached at a lower position which is easily accessible for the cleaning ritual before praying. Mr. Saifullah says ‘I want to create a welcoming and comfortable atmosphere for Muslims in this neighborhood, please feel free to drop in even just for praying.” This hospitality makes Ayam-YA very special.

Mr. Saifullah is open-minded and very friendly and speaks fluent Japanese. You can ask him questions such as Muslim and halal over this beautiful dishes. He will be happy to chat!

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「 Ayam-Ya halal ramen, ShinOkachimachi branch」Basic information

Store name Ayam-Ya halal ramen, ShinOkachimachi branch
Tel 03-4360-3672
Address Shato Motoasakusa, 3-10-3, Motoasakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Business hours

11:30〜15:00 LO14:30
17:00〜22:00 LO21:30

Holiday Around New years(12/31-1/2)
Budget

~1,500 yen

Payment method
Parking Lot N/A
Language Japanese, English, Tamil, Sinhala
Advance reservation
Cooking description

Specializes in ramen noodles with chicken broth

Note

35 seats

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