I have to move near the shop…
The second day’s morning of my trip to Takamatsu, we went to Hashioka station by train.
Cozy station 🙂
高松旅行二日目の朝は、電車に乗って、端岡駅へ。かわいらしい駅舎ですね(^^)
You guess Why did we got off at such a small station in a rural area ?
Because … we wanted to go to this shop. Udon Ippuku.
Ippuku’s branch was open in Kanda area of Tokyo in this August.
We already tried the branch, and we wanted to eat at the head shop, too.
http://www.ryoko-traveler.com/kagawa-ippuku1/
Because it was after three-day weekend, or it was too early in the morning, there weren’t many people in the shop.
あの、神田に支店を出したことで有名な、一福。駅から20分くらい。
Still half of the seats were occupied.
At first, oden section welcomed us. I know Kanda branch don’t cook oden except in Winter, but the head shop already prepared it 🙂
I wanted eat some oden, but we scheduled to go some udon shops that day ! I had to refrain from eating too much in the morning.
一番手前におでんコーナー。神田店では冬場しかないそうですが、ここ本店ではすでにありました。
And tempura and onigiri section…
And then the cook took our order for udon.
They served our udon so quickly and we paid the total fee of our foods on our tray.
There are section for seasonings and toppings.I put green onions, ginger and sudachi.
うどんをお盆に乗っけてもらったらお金を払い、コンパートメントコーナーでネギや生姜、すだちをかけて・・・
After that, we were seated.
This is my breakfast.
席へ。ネギ多め。
Hiya-kake (cold udon with cold soup, 冷かけ, 220 yen) all the same.
I ate hiya-kake at Kanda branch, so, I wanted to compare the head shop and Kanda branch.
This udon had springy texture and it went down smoothly. I want to eat this udon every day ! I have to move to Takamatsu ! X(
やっぱりひやかけ。というか神田店との食べ比べのためです。カナリ違いました。
And there’s no choice but take half-boiled egg tempura (半熟玉子天, 110 yen) 🙂
やっぱり半熟玉子天。
Oden (Beef tendon, 牛すじ, 150 yen)
My friend’s cold bukkake (冷ぶっかけ, 280 yen). Ah, he put tenkasu on it !
ぶっかけもおいしかった。
and kintoki beans tempura (金時豆天, 110 yen) and chicken tempura (金時豆天, 140 yen).
The head shop’s udon was quite another from Kanda branch’s. Truthfully speaking, I couldn’t be satisfied with the udon that Kanda branch served, compared with the head shop. I wish I could eat this high quality of udon at Kanda branch !
Of course, Kanda branch is just starting out. I’m counting on them !
About Udon Ippuku (うどん一福)
Address / 169-1 Kokubunjicho Nii, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa
Station / Hashioka station (JR)
Open / 10:00 – 14:00
Saturdays, Sundays and another national holidays / 10:00 – 15:00
Close / Fridays
Comments
I love that you got off there just to have the udon. I’m sure you’re happy that you did, because the food looks amazing:) The originals are always better.
I’m very happy to go to further area by air thanks to inexpensive low-cost airlines 🙂
I thought udon is fast, cheap and the tastes are so-so. But I realized it isn’t. Original Sanuki udon is very inexpensive, fast, simple, but the tastes are great.