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About this place
Fried rice with karaage, perhaps followed by miso ramen if you feel like something more: one diner’s lunch at Ryushan offers a useful guide to putting a meal together. They described the fried rice as nicely separate-grained and were pleased with the karaage. The miso ramen, they said, had a pronounced miso flavour and plenty of vegetables. The menu includes both miso ramen and a fried-rice-and-karaage plate, so you can make the plate the centre of your meal or add noodles for a more substantial spread.
Another lunchtime visitor was surprised to find that the gomoku tanmen set came with a thickened, sauce-like broth rather than the light soup they had expected. They enjoyed it with fried rice and left satisfied. Alongside familiar noodle dishes, there are sets that make a complete meal in one order. Diners have also reported choosing sweet-and-sour pork and Nagasaki champon; one praised the pork for its tenderness. On another visit, a diner ordered the daily special, squid-tempura-studded happosai, as a standalone dish. Stir-fries such as mapo tofu, shrimp and egg, and pork with kimchi offer a different direction from noodles and set meals.
The daily lunch is another option, with the main dish reportedly changing by the day of the week. One diner had karaage, chilli shrimp and potato salad, and found the karaage crisp. On a different day, another enjoyed the daily pork fillet cutlet. These reports suggest that lunchtime choices can extend beyond Chinese-style dishes. Several diners also mentioned that coffee was included after the meal, a welcome way to take lunch at an unhurried pace. Choose noodles as the main event, pair fried rice with fried food, or see what the daily special brings; the menu makes it easy to decide according to your appetite and mood.
