Tonight, there was a special event in the newly opened Ippudo République, the 3rd restaurant of the group in Paris. The founder Shigemi Kawahara and his Japanese team was cooking! The theme tonight was cooking inspired by the 12th century Shojin cuisine with Buddhist origin, harmony with nature.
Obviously it was a vegan meal.
A glass of Bollinger champagne was offered at the start of the meal.
Vegetables Umami and Sakura Wasabi Inari - Inari sushi are made with bean curd sheets, with sakura and chopped wasabi on the top, white radish and asparagus in the bowl. The inari was interesting, the wasabi was not aggressive like those tubes in stores but fresh and much more subtle.
Shojin ramen, 5-colour kakiage
Very fine noodles with vegetables soup including mushrooms and seaweed. I don’t think I ever tasted Japanese noodle in this style, it is a bit similiar to the Chinese wanton noodle but less elastic. Cooked al dente.
Kakiage is a tempura with bell pepper, onion, leek… chopped finely, delicious. But I want more!
Shigemi Kawahara
“Zuzutto” - Paris ramen week
We had our dinner at 18:10 to avoid queue. Around 18:40, we saw a short line.
Interesting that actually you ate everything apart and not like the classic way of ramen. Maybe the criticism is the portion was small (maybe the monks were small eaters). Since they were doing this special event, we could not order more food. Menu was 15 euro. Tomorrow they would have a different theme, this time with Bresse chicken. If possible, we will return.
Ippudo République
6 place Jacques Bonsergent
75010 Paris
Open every day 12:00 - 16:00, 18:00 - 23:00
No reservation
