Craft Ramen BIT – A French Consommé in Ramen Form
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Uguisudani is a quiet, residential stop on the Yamanote Line that most people pass through without a second thought. Craft Ramen BIT (クラフトラーメンビット) is a good reason to get off.
A Shio Unlike Most
The shio ramen here is built on a clear duck and chicken consommé. It's clean, focused, and delicate. Underneath that is shiitake mushroom dashi, earthy and grounding. Mushroom oil floats across the surface as a finishing touch.
The first sip brings warm duck and chicken sweetness - rounded and gentle. I’m not usually drawn to sweeter broths, but this one works. It’s the kind of sweetness you’d find in a well-made French onion soup rather than anything cloying.
An onion oil shifts the flavor mid-bowl, adding that caramelized depth, and then the mushrooms come through at the back end with an earthy, lingering finish. It’s genuinely one of the more interesting shio ramen bowls in Tokyo.
Noodles and Chashu
The noodles are hand-pressed in-house - medium thick with good bounce and substance. The sous-vide chashu pork is tender without falling apart, flavorful without being heavy. Everything feels considered without being over-engineered.
The Space
The atmosphere matches the bowl. Table mats, clean presentation, thoughtful plating - it feels more like a small bistro than a typical ramen counter. You sit down, slow down, and actually taste what’s in front of you. For a bowl this nuanced, that’s the right setting.
Final Thoughts - Craft Ramen BIT
Craft Ramen BIG is doing something genuinely different. French technique applied to Japanese ingredients, with restraint as the guiding principle.
Even as someone who doesn’t gravitate toward sweeter broths, the mushroom finish stayed with me. Definitely worth the detour to Uguisudani. I'd like to go back for their other ramen choices (shoyu and the special consommé ramen).
