Ramen in Tokyo - all that visible fat!

**AntonyJ** · 30 Dec 18, 10:57 PM

Research for my upcoming trip in May has involved lots of YouTube videos , and ramen looks like a food I could enjoy, but all the meats appear to have so much visible fat on the meat.

I am not a big fan of fish, but like most other meats like beef, pork etc - but all the ones I have seen has the meat with huge strips of fat around the meat.

Is it ok to remove the visible fat myself and leave it, or is that an insult to the place am eating ?

Or do chicken ramen ?

Wordsworth · 1 Jan 19, 02:01 PM

In all the pork ramen I�ve had in Japan, the fat has been properly rendered down and so doesn�t have the �fatty� texture you might expect from seeing it. I�d always recommend you try it, but usually there is a selection of different kinds on offer and you may be able to get e.g. breaded pork cutlet instead. It will depend where you eat!

**Gill H** · 1 Jan 19, 02:42 PM

I have eaten in several ramen places in London and never had a problem with this.

Caroian · 2 Jan 19, 06:18 PM

I'm not keen on fatty meat either, but this honestly wasn't a problem we encountered in Japan - as above it was all well cooked and delicious!

**AntonyJ** · 2 Jan 19, 07:27 PM

This one for example - but all the ones I have seen I think have big chunks of fat on them

1 Jan 19, 02:01 PM	#2
	1 Jan 19, 02:01 PM Wordsworth Very Serious Dibber
Wordsworth Very Serious Dibber Join Date: Sep 18 Location: Auld Reekie	In all the pork ramen I�ve had in Japan, the fat has been properly rendered down and so doesn�t have the �fatty� texture you might expect from seeing it. I�d always recommend you try it, but usually there is a selection of different kinds on offer and you may be able to get e.g. breaded pork cutlet instead. It will depend where you eat!