Yoshinoya to begin serving ramen this week with new beefy 'mazesoba'

There’s no dish Yoshinoya is extra strongly related to than gyudon (beef bowls), and no eating places is extra strongly related to beef bowls than Yoshinoya. The psychological connection between the 2 is so sturdy that it’s not unusual for individuals in Japan to mash the phrases collectively and consult with the chain and its flagship meals as “Yoshigyu.”

However this summer time Yoshinoya is stepping out of the meat bowl field, and whereas they’re not ditching beef of their latest providing, it’ll don’t have any rice, as a result of it’s beef ramen.

Particularly, that is mazesoba. The maze half comes from mazeru, that means to stir or combine, and whereas “soba” by itself often refers to buckwheat noodles, it will probably additionally point out ramen noodles (because it does within the stir-fried ramen noodle dish yakisoba). Mazesoba is a sort of non-soup ramen the place as an alternative of the noodles floating in liquid broth they’re positioned in a bowl with sauce and different components, and also you stir every little thing collectively simply earlier than consuming in order that the flavour mixes all through.

For its Gyutama Stamina Mazesoba, the important thing co-star for the noodles is identical strips of simmered beef that Yoshinoya followers know and love from the chain’s beef bowls. Accompanying them are sliced onions, diced leeks, tempura flakes, an egg, and a thick-consistency spicy garlic sauce, which is served on the facet so as to add as a lot or as little as you need.

Yoshinoya says the result’s tasty and satiating, however surprisingly describes the flavour as “wealthy but refreshing.” Contemplating that almost each ingredient in Yoshinoya’s mazesoba is meaty, pungent, or fried, it’s in all probability finest to take that “refreshing” declare with a grain of salt, however the daring and filling elements of the promise positively sound believable, and with Japanese people knowledge holding that garlic is meant to spice up bodily endurance, the Gyutama Stamina Mazesoba, priced at 767 yen is about to go on sale July 4, proper because the midsummer warmth begins displaying up.

Supply: Yoshinoya through Hachima Kiko

Photos: Yoshinoya

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