Annaka, Gunma, Japan｜Nagasaki Champon Matsukaze

Visit to try the popular Champon There was a line. As expected, a popular store There is a reception desk in the store, so please sign your name first. Please be aware that if you wait in line without knowing it, your turn will never arrive. Champon is full of vegetables, so you won't be able to get enough of the noodles💦You can ask for pickled ginger. It's a normal portion, but it fills you up quickly. I also ordered fried rice, which was difficult. There was also a half portion, so I should have gone for that. It looks like you can take it home too.

When I arrived a little before 12:00 on Saturday, there was a line and I thought it was a waste of time to wait, so I took a break at the nearby Isobe Onsen and came back a little before 3:00 p.m. Even at that time, the seats were full, but I was at the front of the queue, so my turn came quickly. I ordered Nagasaki Champon without hesitation. As I continued eating, I thought to myself, ``I'm sure I'll be in line for this.'' I don't think it's just Gunma Prefecture, but the only restaurants that serve Nagasaki Champon are major chain restaurants, so it's not a very familiar dish. There are quite a few people who confuse it with ramen and think that the taste is not good because their brain mistakenly recognizes it as ramen and eats it. A similar phenomenon occurs with Okinawa soba. For example, it might be similar to being served milk tea without knowing anything about it, and drinking it thinking it was a cafe latte. I don't think there are many restaurants in Nagasaki Champon that treat it as a menu item, so I think it's amazing that there are so many customers. The big difference from such major chain restaurants is that you can eat with a wide variety of ingredients, so the taste doesn't get monotonous and you never get bored. There's a lot of volume, including the noodles, and if you had the same amount at a major chain restaurant, you'd probably get bored of it halfway through. It also contained a lot of vegetables and was healthy and delicious.

It was my first time going there, and I ordered champon to share the sara udon. Both were huge amounts. The taste was delicious, so I would definitely like to go again. I'll try not to order too much next time.