Tsukemen Gonokami Seisakusho Shinjuku

Whether or not you like Tsukemen Gonokami Seisakusho comes down to whether or not you like the strong "fishy" taste of prawns. Like the taste of the meat inside the prawn head, that has a strong seafood taste to it, that some love and some consider as being too "gamey". That's the single defining factor, as the entirety of the broth just tastes like the inside of the prawn head.

Our 3/5 rating is then very subjective, because we recognize the richness and concentratedness of the prawn stock that some might like, and yet, we ourselves, hate that particular smell. And so for us, when we visited, we couldn't actually finish the entire bowl cause it was just too overwhelmingly pungent. However, this is definitely a very personal and subjective review of the shop. In general, we love the taste of prawn, but this is the meat of the prawn that is typically lightly sweet, as opposed to the head which is much "gamier".

Yet, the shop definitely has a really long queue over the years, and so if you love the gamey taste of prawn, you should really head down to check it out and try it for yourself. If you hate the gamey taste of prawn, don't end up like what we did, and tapped out after struggling 20% agains the bowl of noodles.