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Lanzhou ramen; choose your favorite noodle from thin noodles, flat noodles, triangle noodles

Lanzhou Ramen is a noodle dish originating from Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China.
Chinese restrunt Kaenzan in Kita-Ikebukuro is a must-have popular shop. It drived the Lanzhou ramen boom in Japan.

Store entrance

Because Kaenzan only use handmade noodles, you can hear the sound of hitting the noodles from outside.
The most popular menue hiere is “Lanzhou ramen with Chinese medicine”

The beef bone and beef is stewed, but the soup is beautifuly transparent. Bright red-chili oil is blended with 26 kinds of Chinese herbs and spices. Toppings are sliced ​​radish, beef, and plenty of pacchi.
Noodles can be selected from thin noodles, flat noodles, and triangle noodles. The shape of the noodles changes the texture of the dish. You can customize your one-and-only favorit ramen.

Lanzhou ramen with Chinese medicine ¥980

Thick noodles of beef noodles

Handmade noodles of craftsmanship

After the order is placed,the chef starts to make the noodles. This makes the noddles very resilient and tasty. The beef bone soup and the flavors of pepper and spices are intertwined in an intricate manner, making for an exquisite taste.

After the meal, the Chinese herbal soup soaks into the body and warms you up. It is said that herbs are blended with spices to help digestion and grasses that act on the spleen and stomach to warm the body.
Because it is a medicinal ramen, it is also recommended for health-conscious or sensitive to cold.

Tuesday deals! The lineup of Chinese-style snacks that surpasses ramen restaurants! Also a great match for Shaoxing Sake

There are many types of ramen in Kaensan, but side menues and snack menues are also delicious.
One thing you should definitely try, is skewer of lamb. Spicy flavor is perfect for beer.

Xinjiang lamb skewers ¥280

Xinjiang-style lamb meat with pepper and Mahler flavored ¥1,880

You can’t miss the vigorous lamb’s pepper and the grilled offal/tripe of sheep, which are rare. Of course its all halal!
You can also to-go/take out gizzards, sheep’s tongue spices, sheep’s motsu(offal/tripe), and ryampi.

Kaenzan have great deal on every Tuesday, when you can eat popular menus for one coin (500 yen).
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Kaenzan is the setting of Saiyuki in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Open to the motto of understanding religion and respecting each other.

The name of the store, “Kaenzan,” is derived from the red rock mountain in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which became famous for being a model of Saiyuki.

The northwestern part of China is home to many Muslims, including ethnic minorities, Uyghurs and Kazakhs.
What is eaten in this area is called “Keishin cuisine,” which uses halal ingredients. Lanzhou ramen is also one of the “Keishin cuisine” dishes.

Steamed beef noodle ¥ 980

Yakisoba sweet and spicy ¥ 1,180

It is said that the owner of Kaenzan, was a Muslim from the Hui family and opened the shop with the desire to eat delicious hometown flavors.

The shop’s employees are not Muslims, but their motto is to understand religion and respect each other.
Although they are not religiously Muslims, they all try to understand the meaning of halal. The ideology and desire to make a home-like-place where muslim people can chose and
eat, when they are in a different country, is commonly shared with the owner.

「 Kaenzan Lanzhou Ramen Ikebukuro」Basic information

Store name	Kaenzan Lanzhou Ramen Ikebukuro
Tel	050-3373-7504
Address	2-47-7 Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Business hours	Mon-Sun Lunch 11: 00-15: 00 (L.O.15: 00) Dinner 17: 00 ~ 23: 00 (L.O.22: 30)
Holiday	Open daily
Budget	1,500 yen (normal average)
Payment method
Parking Lot
Language	Chinese, English
Advance reservation	None
Cooking description	Lanzhou ramen with beef bone soup and handmade wheat noodles
Note	Number of seats: 28 seats
Store HP