{"id":4202,"date":"2016-03-18T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T23:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2020-03-27T11:39:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T02:39:11","slug":"tachigui-noodle-shops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/tachigui-noodle-shops\/","title":{"rendered":"Tachigui, stand-up noodle shops"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tachigui, a restaurant type seen in many styles throughout Osaka, Japan, translates loosely to \u201ceating while standing.\u201d This is because it is an easy way for shop owners to run their stalls in a small place without chairs. Also,\u00a0Japanese people tend to live very busy lifestyles, and stand-up noodle bars are a very quick, easy and cheap way to eat food.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Soba<\/em> (\u305d\u3070) noodles are the most common food found at a usual stand-up tachigui restaurant. The noodles are made from buckwheat and soba flour, prepared in many different ways with broth, meat and vegetables. Both\u00a0ramen<\/em> (\u30e9\u30fc\u30e1\u30f3) and udon<\/em> (\u3046\u3069\u3093) noodles can also be found at many a stand-up tachigui restaurants, but aren\u2019t as common as soba. If you look for both the above hiragana along with people standing, then you\u2019ve found Japanese noodles, stand-up tachigui style.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Whether ramen, soba, or udon, eating noodles\u00a0at stand-up noodle bars in Osaka is very different from eating at a regular Japanese restaurant. How you order, how you eat, and where you eat may be difficult on your first try. Most of these restaurants use ticket machines for taking your order. Insert your money first, then select the food. The machine will dispense a ticket that you hand to the chef behind the counter. These meals stay quite cheap, usually ranging from 400 to 800 yen for a bowl.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\nTypes of Noodles in Stand Up Restaurants<\/h2>\n
Ordering Your Ramen at a Ticket Machine<\/h2>\n