Jyaken

I thought some of you might find it interesting to see inside some of the Japanese food places we've tried.
So, I'm going to start with...
"Jyaken Hiroshima Style Super Hot Noodle"

Typical small store front...the wooden front tends to be a typical front on the little food places.

 

What makes this place unique is the noodles, meat, and vegetables are served separately from the sauce.

Per the directions:
Step 1~ wear a bib! The sauce can stain if you (like me) are a sloppy slurper!
Step 2~ dip the meat, noodles, and vegetables into the sauce.

Step 3~ if it's not spicy enough, add more spice available on the table. If it's too spicy, you can add vinegar to mellow the taste.
Step 4~ when the noodles, meat, and vegetables are gone, "why not drink up the dipping sauce...? Unexpectedly it is not so hot!"

There are basically two choices to make:
Hot plate or cold plate?
How spicy? Even if you can't read the Japanese to understand the spice levels, the pictures say it all!!!

On our first visit, Rodney chose the hot plate. Being it was hot day, I chose the cold, so my vegetables were raw and the meat and sauce chilled.

 

cold plate

hot plate

The gyoza was hand-made behind the counter and quite tasty!

Rodney was a bit braver on our second visit and tried a bit spicier level....can you figure out how spicy it was??
(Hint: check the spice level poster above! ;)