Yakumo

Yakumo is an award winning ramen shop that serves Chinese style ramen. One hint of Chinese style is with the red glaze on the chasu, which is something you don't normally see in Japanese ramen. They are known for the shoyu (soy sauce) ramen. You can choose between white shoyu or the black shoyu. White tasted a bit better in my opinion. You MUST order the wonton since it is one of their trademark toppings, served along side the red glazed chasu.

The best wantons I have ever had. Silky smooth it's so unbelievable. The broth was very very clean and light, but it wasn't the most tasty broth for my personally. I opted for wide noodles which were nice and chewy. Overall a fantastic ramen.

The wontons are packed with meat and shrimp while wrapped in a thin silky layer of wonton skin, exactly how it should be done. The broth tasted heavenly on a cold windy day. I think this is the first time the Char-siu get overshadowed by the other ingredient in in the bowl. I find this combination of ramen to be pretty unique on its own and it's definitely worth the detour if you want to get away from thick boney/creamy ramen.

Wonton was nice. Queued up for 20 min to enter, paid 1,100 JPY for a bowl of wonton noodle, tried both white and black soup. Ok overall but wouldn’t queue up again.

Yakumo deserved its Michelin Bib Gourmand. From it's history, it seems that the chef's delicious shirodashi broth, made from white soy sauce, sparked a trend among other ramen restaurants to start serving ramen using white soy sauce. I've tried the shirodashi ramen, and what stood out was its inclusion of two styles of wanton dumplings - shrimp and pork, apart from the usual chashu, negi and bamboo shoots. The wantons were well made, each having enough chew and burst in flavour. If there is an area to further level-up, it is to use thinner skins for the wantons. It's a different take from the usual Japanese ramen, yet delightful. Yakumo is located at the outskirts of Shibuya, off the usual tourists paths but is well worth the detour. I love ramen, and this is now on my revisit and repeat list.

Very tasty and light flavor Ramen! It’s not salty or oily, I can drink the soup. It cost me 1150 yen, and there are 4 wontons(2 shrimp 2 pork) I feel very comfortable after the meal and will come back for another try.

Yakumo, the eight clouds! The Michelin bib gourmet Wonton Ramen! First, if you're coming here be prepared to WAIT. I came on a week day at about 12 noon and the line was looong. That said, people tend to eat quickly and line moves pretty fast. The queueanagamentbos top-notch: queue outside - go in - order from the machine - queue on the bench inside - come to the counter to be served. As advertised, it's a chic, nicely designed and we'll thought-off ramen place that specializes in wonton noodle soup. You have the white (shio=salt) based, and black (shoyu=soy sauce) based stock and you can add on shrimp or pork wonton dumplings. You have the "full" (three meat, three shrimp dumplings) and the "half" (2 of each). In addition they also serve "Shina Soba" (Just the ramen with no wonton), and "tsuke soba" (noodles and broth seperatly). Vibe is nice and service is efficiant as you'd expect. I am always surprised at the soundtrack choice (radio station?) But the ramen is really good. Broth is deep and delicate and the wonton dumplings are stuffed as they should be. it's a Japanese Wonton Ramen and quite unique if you are used to eating Wonton in Hing Kong etc. All in all, If you don'tind waiting for 20-30 min. at least on a weekday go for it!

Arrived at 11:30am and there was already a line of customers, so I had to wait for the second round service which didn’t take too long. Once you are allowed into the store you order through the ticket machine and hand your ticket to the staff and wait for your turn to sit at the counter. So in total I probably waited 45mins before I could eat. The wontons and ramen were perfect. So much umami in the soup and excellent value for money. Highly recommend this ramen shop!

Ramen was average, wanton just ok. A warning to English speaking visitors- they do not have an english menu, and they close at 3:30pm... the manager was rude bordering on hostile in terminating our lunch. Apparently locals only.