Ramen Kagetsu Arashi／拉麵花月 嵐

前陣子去了趟台北，趁著時間還早，便前往台北車站二樓、人氣強強滾的微風美食廣場先解決午餐。

Been to Taipei a few weeks ago. Since I still had some free time, I had lunch @ Breeze Center @ 2nd floor of Taipei Train Station.



逛了一圈下來，主要目的就是尋找這家店啦～
Rambling around the center, the main purpose was looking for this store~


拉麵花月 嵐 (日本らあめん花月官網請由此進)，自去年10月底微風美食廣場開幕以來，看過一些介紹，就一直想找機會嚐嚐，看它是否真如報導所言的好吃。

Ramen Kagetsu Arashi (Click Ramen Kagetsu to Japan's official site). Tammy had read some articles about it since Breeze Center was open, and always wanted to have a try.


MENU 設計還蠻精緻的呢～
Menu's design looked nice~


泰咪媽點的大蒜拳骨拉麵 (原湯口味)
嗯～有達到一定程度的水準，不錯！
Tammy's mom ordered Ninniku Genkotsu Ramen (soup made of garlic & pig's bone).
Mm.... it reached a certain level, not bad~


泰咪的大蒜拳骨白濃拉麵
這個湯頭好喝哦！但過熟的水煮蛋有點令人感到遺憾啊.....
Tammy had Ninniku Genkotsu Ramen Shiro (soup had same base as above, plus natural salt from Japan).
This soup was tasty! but I didn't like the egg was too well-done.....


特製嗆辣韭菜
(真的會辣吔.......)
Specially made spicy leeks. (It was really hot!!)


花月嵐特製秘傳拉麵醬油 (有大蒜味)
MENU上介紹如果覺得湯頭味道不夠，可以加這味，但泰咪把它拿來沾稍後的煎餃。
Specially made soy sauce for ramen (with garlic flavor)
Said on menu this can be added to the soup if you think it is not salty enough. Tammy used it as dip for gyoza (fried dumpling).


煎餃上菜～
味道普普，而且表皮煎得不夠酥脆
Here came the gyoza~
The taste was nothing special, and the skin wasn't crispy enough.


麵條煮得有點過軟，而且不是日本一般拉麵慣用的那種麵條，大概在台灣難找到相似的吧？
Ramen (noodle) itself was a bit overcooked (too soft), and it was not the same ramen used in Japan. Guess it might be hard to find the same kind in Taiwan?


叉燒肉還不差，油脂還算適中。不像大多數在台灣的日本拉麵，為了考量一般人怕吃肥肉，都選用太瘦的腿肉。
不過，那肉片能切得這～麼薄，老實說真令人佩服.......
Chashu pork was not bad, enough fat in it. Not like most Japanese Ramen in Taiwan, consider that most people don't like too much grease, and use the lean.
One more thing, I had to admire that they can slice the pork to such thin slices.....


點餐時店員告訴我們，他們的湯頭比較濃，如果到時覺得太鹹，可以請他們加水。泰咪 & 泰咪媽喝過之後的一致結論是：的確比之前吃過的別家店好很多，但還是沒日本的濃啦！
The staff told us their soup is stronger than others, they could add hot water for us if we weren't used to this kind of flavor. After give it a try, Tammy & mom's conclusion was : It did really taste better than others, but still not rich enough as the real ramen soup in Japan!

整體來說，進軍到台灣的拉麵花月 嵐，在製作、取材環境都不同的條件下，雖然仍舊比不上日本道地口味是必然的結果，但它已經是泰咪目前為止在台灣吃過最夠水準的日本拉麵了！(或許還有比它更好的，只是泰咪孤陋寡聞不曉得啦～)
Generally speaking, facing the different ingredients & production conditions, I've always known it'll be a sure thing that Ramen Kagetsu Arashi in Taiwan still couldn't reach the regular level in Japan. However, it was truly the best Japanese ramen I've ever had in Taiwan so far! (maybe there must be some more better ones out there, just I don't know yet.)

推薦給各位和泰咪一樣愛吃的好友們，也找機會去試試吧！
If you like to taste any different stuff as Tammy, I recommend all my friends to try it!


後記：
當天從台南搭乘的高鐵班次，一進站泰咪就覺得：哇～這列車怎麼看起來又髒又舊的啊？ 原來它可是大有來頭的、從2004年1月30日便開始服役的，台灣高鐵第一組營運列車呢！(泰咪真是有眼不識泰山哩.....)

Postscript :
The High Speed Rail Tammy took at that day looked a bit old & rusty. After seeing this sign I'd just known it actually was the very first Taiwan High Speed Rail Train, and start being on active duty since 30th, January, 2004!