Genki Ippai!! - Legendary Fukuoka creamiest, richest, and heaviest Tonkotsu ramen broth!
Chashu Kikurage Ramen
Genki Ippai 博多元気一杯!!
Genki Ippai!! 博多元気一杯!!
The legendary blue bucket ramen restaurant, the OG ramen nazi with comprehensive rules when dining in, and lastly what most of you might know this restaurant for; having the creamiest, richest, and heaviest tonkotsu ramen broth ever.
Although in recent years photography is now allowed, probably to be more tourist-friendly and better PR/marketing.
Chashu Kikurage Ramen
Genki Ippai 博多元気一杯!!
Chashu
Genki Ippai 博多元気一杯!!
Legendary Tonkotsu Broth
Genki Ippai 博多元気一杯!!
Noodles able to absorb the broth along with it
Genki Ippai 博多元気一杯!!
Chashu Kikurage Ramen (¥1200)
Both of us are keenly awaiting this bowl of legendary ramen and hoping it lives up to expectations! (Cause we had a rather disappointing tonkotsu ramen experience at Hakata Issou.)
Broth: This one is serious, definitely lives up to the legendary title and hype. The broth is really the creamiest, richest, and heaviest in my life of eating tonkotsu ramen. The porky, fatty, and meaty flavours are turn up to the max (in a good way).
This is not for the faint of heart, it is right in your face; you want it, the chef gives it to you. No rubbish watered-down version to cater to the tourists, no in-betweens, but only the full authentic Hakata tonkotsu broth ramen.
Chashu: Chashu is of a thin and short cut with an estimated ratio of 50:50 of fat and meat respectively. Tasty and tender chashu.
Black Fungus: Refreshing, crunchy and gelatinous bite. Great to balance a bit from the soup broth.
Noodle: Round shape and thin.
Overall: In our opinion, the broth is definitely the star of this dish and the rest are its accompaniments. Very happy that Genki Ippai!! really lives up to expectations. We really feel it is the best tonkotsu ramen we have ever eaten thus far.
On a side note after this meal, we feel so full/rich that we don’t even have the stomach capacity to even eat any snacks in the afternoon. No doubt this ramen is great, but for us, we will categorise this ramen under “can’t have it on a daily basis”.
Rating: 3.75/5
Note: Hearsay from online research, the chef will decide to close on days that he feels the broth is not good enough. He will only serve ramen that is up to his standards or he will not just sell at all. I think that’s very dedicated and passionate to provide the best he could to customers.
Design of the ramen bowl
Genki Ippai 博多元気一杯!!
Menu
Genki Ippai 博多元気一杯!!
Probably some collaboration cup noodles
Genki Ippai 博多元気一杯!!
One and only!
Genki Ippai 博多元気一杯!!
Menu and kitchen
Genki Ippai 博多元気一杯!!
Shop Front
Genki Ippai 博多元気一杯!!
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Address: 福岡県 福岡市博多区 下呉服町 4-31-1 ゾンターク博多Ⅰ 1F
Opening Hours: 11am-9.40pm Weekdays, 11am-8pm Weekends/PH. Closes as and when, just look out for the blue bucket. If it is out, they are open.
Payment Method: Cash
Tabelog: https://tabelog.com/en/fukuoka/A4001/A400106/40000488/
(Last visited: November 2019)