When you hear these two worlds you wouldn't imagine them being together

But here in a restaurant called MENSHO in Shinjuku,

Matcha and Ramen are the most famous combination on the menu

So why don't we give Matcha ramen a try?

The first Mensho store was opened in San Francisco

with a goal of combining traditional flavor with creative elements

The store has received massive support by local young people

And has been expanding ever since

There vision is creating a fun time for the customers

and make them happy by providing the best they can

To them, work is not just about getting paid

but seeing their customer happy and satisfied

We asked Shimatani-san from MENSHO about what exactly RAMEN is

What is a ramen?

When you check on Wikipedia about ramen,

It says Ramen is Chinese noodle with KANSUI in it

but it's diverse now

The trend is, when I say it's Ramen, it's Ramen

For us, we have a definition for Ramen

The definition are the 5 elements

TARE (sauce),soup, noodle, oil and toppings

What has these 5, is a Ramen

Why Matcha and Ramen?

We sold Matcha and Ramen abroad

It was a great hit

People loved it, so we brought it to Japan

Excellent -Thank you

Who comes here?

Foreign people. Now with COVID, not so much

When we opened, there we so many

And because this is fashion building, many girls

For Instagram pictures?

Well, that as well

When bringing this Ramen to Japan,

since there are many girls here

so we changed it to Japanese taste to match the needs

For example,

people in USA or abroad likes more of the oily taste

but for the girls here, we tried to make it healthy

So the Matcha Ramen is healthy? -Yes

Choshu pork is probably not, though

Not too healthy

Well, it's balance

With the soup, it's better

How do people react when they eat this?

When it comes out, they are surprised

It's green, so they shout "oh gosh, it's green"

but not just the looks but they taste it and it's great

How do the tourists find this place?

A lot of word-of-mouth

or they see pictures on social media

They come with the picture and show it to us

What about the message to our viewers?

When COVID gets better, come and eat our RAMEN

As I said, it's Japan limited taste

Even if you ate in US, it's going to be different taste

Our mission today is to try their signature meal, Matcha Ramen

You can't even smell Matcha. It smells like chicken

Chicken Broth

So delicious!

I did not expect this flavor

I'm so shocked. This is so delicious!

The soup is mixed so well, it's kind of like fluffy

The soups is thick, and like foam when you're eating it

Noodles are very soft and chewy

I'm not a fan of Matcha,

so I was a bit worried I wouldn't like this

but this is one of the best Ramen I have ever tried in my life

Seriously, it is so delicious

I can't believe it

Delicious

There is no other word to describe it

It's just delicious

It's soft, and it melts as soon as you bite it,

I didn't bit it. I just touched it and it already melted on my tongue

And my favorite part of Ramen is always this soft boiled egg

Because Japanese just know how to make an egg

They just know how to boil it properly

This is 10 out of 10

10 out of 10 experience, seriously.

The Matcha flavor is not so strong on this one

You can taste it, but it really doesn't affect the flavor

I think the chicken flavor is much stronger than the Matcha flavor

but seeing the Ramen so green and trying it so....

It's an unexpected flavor

That was very exciting experience

Despite the fact that Matcha and Ramen are not often combined together,

This taste was a real surprise to me,

Because I didn't expect Match to go so well with chicken broth, CHASU pork, eggs....

It was something I never imagined before

but I'm totally digging this new flavor

and I cannot wait to try more taste of Ramen

As you can see, taste of Ramen is always evolving,

and we don't know what the future holds

Maybe there will be more interesting flavors coming up in the future

We'll be there to try

Make sure you try this Ramen when you come to Tokyo