[Japan] 大阪，中央區，一蘭拉麵 - 道頓堀店 (Ichiran)

其實在到大起水產用餐前，我是打算要嚐嚐在台灣超級有名的「一蘭拉麵」的，可是，人實在是太多了，看起來好像要等到兩個小時似的，於是就放棄了，決定隔天早上七點半再來看看情況。
Before having dinner at Daiki-Suisan, I was thinking to eat at Ichiran. But there are so many people, I guess it may need to wait for more than two hours. I gave up at that time but also made a decision, came back at 7:30 AM on the next day and see what happens.

早上七點半，果然就沒有人排隊了，可以直接入座；很巧的，我的同學在同一天的中午來到這家店，他等了快兩個小時才入座，可見，當要吃一蘭的時候，時間點果然是超級重要。
It's empty. The customers can directly walk in and have a seat. On the same day, my friend came around noon, he waited for 90 to 120 minutes to have a seat. That's really incredible.

一蘭拉麵的點餐是全自動的，這在日本很常見，不錯的點是，每個按鈕都有提供圖片，或許因為外國人多，所以要讓外國人如我，更容易理解點的是什麼吧！我倒是很簡單地點了「一蘭特選A」。
The Ichiran use the auto-machine for ordering. I just ordered Ichiran Special A because it looks so rich although I usually don't eat much for the breakfast.

我真的是進了一蘭才知道這個一蘭的特色，只提供一人座的位子，即使是多人團體，還是必須每個人分開坐，往好的想，每個人可以專心地品嚐面前的拉麵，機車一點想，由於專心，所以基本上會吃得比較快，對一蘭來說，翻桌率就高，就可以賺更多的錢了！而且，在每個座位的前方，直接提供一張「可供加菜」的菜單，這招真是太高明了，都已經點好餐，坐下來了，還繼續想辦法讓顧客能夠多花錢。
You may know that Ichiran only provides One personal seat for every customer even you're coming with a group. In front of each seat, you have the add-on menu in case you want more any time.

居然連筷子套翻過來都是加點菜單！
Even for the chopsticks, it also has the menu.

拉麵濃郁的豬骨湯頭，麵條則是細拉麵，很有嚼勁，且又有湯汁的味道，很好吃，那一球辣油則讓整體帶點微辣，算是不錯的調味；另外附了一個小盤擺放了叉燒等配菜，畢竟豬骨湯會改變配菜的口感，同時也會沾附在配菜上改變味道，獨立提供小盤，可讓每個人自選喜好的口感與調味，也算是一種客製，都算是一蘭不錯的服務。
The soup is cooked with pork bone (tonkotsu ramen), it's really tasty. The noodles are thin and chewy, really satisfying. Ichiran serves the side dishes with an extra plate, I guess that for the customer to adjust how strong taste the soup or the side dishes should be when you can control when to add them into the soup. This is a good thing for those who likes to adjust details or who doesn't like the side dishes to be soaked in the soup.

如前所述，想來吃一蘭的人實在是太多了，如果你也想，建議可以像我一樣挑早餐時間，或者，就在運河對岸，有間一蘭的道頓堀別館，人潮比本館少，我在下午五點半經過時，外面只有不到十人在排隊，以一蘭的座位設計，十到十五分鐘應該就可以入內了，但到了七點半，人數也破五十人了，所以我就沒有排了。
If you really want to eat Ichiran, I recommend you to check the other branch across the canal. When I was there at 5:30 PM, there are less than 10 people waiting outside, but for the one next to the canal, it's already more than 50 people. When it's 7:00 PM, there are more than 50 people waiting for both branches. That's why I didn't eat my dinner there.

總之，一蘭的拉麵是很好吃，不過在有了不用排隊的選擇之後，我覺得排兩小時的隊實在不太值得，來吃頓豐盛的早餐比較好啦！
General speaking, the Ichiran is good, but I don't think it's good enough for waiting more than 2 hours. Especially there are so many good foods in Japan. Just like me, eat Ichiran for the breakfast, then you don't need to wait.

一蘭拉麵 - 道頓堀店本館：
〒 542-0084大阪府大阪市中央区宗右衛門町7-18

一蘭拉麵 - 道頓堀店別館：
〒 542-0071大阪府大阪市中央区道頓堀1-4-16