Rengyokuan / 蓮玉庵

Rengyokuan
蓮玉庵

(Japanese follows. / 日本語は以下へ続く。)

I had lunch with a friend of mine on Sunday at Rengyokuan in Ueno.
It's a soba restaurant and though it's weekend, they're open and we could just come in unlike some restaurants that require reservation.

Menu hung at the outside.

I chose "Traditional Seiro Soba 3 Trays" that is a part of lunch special menu available till 2 PM.
* Seiro (せいろ) is a bamboo steamer that they put soba on.

Dipping sauce with condiments (negi onions and wasabi).
Their dipping sauce was very sweet and had a strong flavor.

Soba on Seiro.

3 trays.

There're 2 trays of gray soba and a tray of white soba.

Gray soba was tougher and more flavorful, and the white soba (below) was smoother and softer.
Each tray had small portions that I could divide into 3 to dip in the sauce, so that the amount was good for those who don't eat much or who want to eat something light.

Traditional Seiro Soba 3 Trays: 1,000 JPY (tax incl.)

Rengyokuan / 蓮玉庵
2-8-7, Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo

Open
Tue - Sun: 11:30 AM ~ 6:30 PM

Closed on Mondays.


とある日曜日、上野にある蓮玉庵で友達とお昼ご飯を食べた。
ここはお蕎麦屋さんで、予約を必要とするレストランとは違って週末だったけれどすぐに
入ることができた。

店先のメニュー

私は14時まで販売されている「昼の特別献立て」の中から「古式せいろそば 別打ち入り
三枚重ね」を選んだ。

めんつゆとネギ、わさび。
めんつゆは甘さが強く、味の濃いつゆだった。

せいろに乗った蕎麦。

3枚のせいろ。

灰色の蕎麦が2枚と真っ白な蕎麦が1枚だった。

灰色の蕎麦は少し歯ごたえがあり香りも良く、白い蕎麦（下の写真）は滑らかで柔らか
かった。
各せいろの蕎麦は3回程に分けてめんつゆに入れると食べ終わる程度で、少食の人や軽く
食べたい人には丁度良い量だと思う。

古式せいろそば 別打ち入り三枚重ね： 1,000円（税込）