Totto Champon From Totto / 鳥人のチャンポン ~ I'm Made of Sugar!

Totto Champon From Totto
鳥人のチャンポン

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The other weekend, wen were to go to Ippudo to try the new vegetarian ramen "Karaka Spicy New York," but the wait was an hour so that we went to Totto instead.
Luckily we didn't have to wait and were stead immediately, and I ordered "Totto Champon" for the first time.

Totto Champon
Signature paitan soup with umami kombu broth with thick straight noodle covered in stir fried nappa, bean sprout, shrimp, squid fish cake, pork belly with shrimp oil.

Champon (チャンポン) is a famous needless to say a famous local dish in Nagasaki, and as the word means "to mix various items," this noodle dish contains many ingredients.
Champon in Nagasaki uses chicken and tonkotsu (pork bone) broth soup with pork, seafood, fish cakes and negi leeks with thick noodles.

The size of the bowl was about the same as others, but the portion looked large because of the piled up veggies and other ingredients.

Not mentioned int he menu, but there're fried garlic, negi leeks and wood ears.

There're about 5 pieces of shrimp, squid, fish cake and pork belly each.
Negi leeks and bean sprouts were crunchy and nappa was soft and sweet.

Seafood was still chewy and not overcooked.

The soup was paitan, chicken broth, but it's as rich and flavorful as the one mixed with tonkotsu minus the characteristic scent and flavor.
The soup was rich enough to tie all the different ingredients on top and thick straight noodles.

The thick noodles were silky and chewy.

Totto Champon: 16.95 dollars (before tax)

<<CASH ONLY>>

Totto / 鳥人
464 W 51st Street, New York, NY 10019
(Between 9th and 10th Avenue)

Open
Mon: 4:30 PM ~ 11 PM
Tue - Sat: 11:30 AM ~ 3:45 PM, 4:30 PM ~ 11 PM
Sun: 11:30 AM ~ 9:30 PM

Other reviews from Totto group.
Totto Spicy "Nibo" Ramen
Yakitori Totto
Vegetable Ramen
Totto Cold Paitan Gelee Ramen
Hiyashi Maze Men
Totto Curry Ramen
Takoyaki Bar

I've reviewed the following Ramen shops.
Won-Ton Ramen From Hayashimaru
Tenshinmen From Kotobuki
Fu-unji
Tohakkei
Nagi
Godaime Keisuke
Tsukemen Gachi
Men-ya Kaijin
Hentai Kamen
Toyama Black From Menya Iroha
Ivan Ramen Slurp Shop
Ramen-ya Rock 'N' Roll One
Men-ya Ikkaku
Taiyo No Tomato Men
Totto Ramen
Mouko Tanmen Nakamoto
Shrimp Ramen From Shinjuku Momonga
Umakara Ramen Hyouri
Vegetable Ramen From Totto Ramen
Ebi-Kuri From Taiyo No Tomato Men
Shiromaru Hakata Classic From Ippudo
Totto Cold Paitan Gelee Ramen From Totto Ramen
Hiyashi Maze Men From Totto Ramen
Momofuku Noodle Bar
Totto Curry Ramen From Totto
Wafu Ramen From Men'ya Hyottoko
Kung Fu Little Steam Buns Ramen

Karaka Spicy New York From Ippudo

ある週末に、一風堂の新しいベジタリアンラーメン「からかスパイシーニューヨーク」を

食べに行こうと思っていたけれど、待ち時間が1時間だったので代わりに鳥人へ行った。
運良く待たずに座ることができ、今までに食べたことがない「チャンポン」を頼むことに
した。

チャンポン
自慢の白湯スープに昆布出汁を加え、ストレートの太麺、炒めた菜っ葉、もやし、エビ、
イカ、かまぼこ、豚バラ、海老油をトッピング。

チャンポンは言わずと知れた長崎のご当地メニューで、「様々なものを混ぜること」を
意味する言葉通り色々な具材が入っている料理。
長崎のちゃんぽん麺は、豚肉、魚介、かまぼこ、ネギなどの野菜が入り、麺は太麺、
スープは鶏ガラととんこつを合わせたもの。

他の器と同じくらいの大きさだったけれど、具材が沢山盛ってあり量が多く見えた。