Chukasoba Kanade

A street-level shop in Higashi-Hie, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City, located within walking distance from Hakata Station, specializing in chuka soba made without chemical seasonings. It's part of a group with 'Kanade Shokudo' in Kasuga City as its main branch, offering a 'gentle chuka soba' option in a region dominated by Hakata tonkotsu ramen. The signature dishes are chuka soba (soy sauce flavor) and shio soba (salt flavor), forming two main pillars. The clear soup, a blend of chicken bones and seafood, has a transparent finish free of impurities. The shio soba offers a subtle, gentle sweetness from chicken paitan and seafood, while the shoyu soba delivers an elegant soy sauce flavor that embodies the 'aesthetics of subtraction'. The homemade noodles are medium-thin, straight, and high-hydration, with a smooth yet firm texture that absorbs the soup well. The chashu is made from vacuum-sealed low-temperature cooked pork shoulder loin, thinly seasoned and moist, a popular item on par with the signature ramen. Side dishes are diverse, including small rice, tamago kake gohan, roasted tomato don, and beef tendon curry. A common way to finish the meal is by adding white rice to the leftover soup, creating a zosui-style dish. Limited-time menus include 'Noodle Gurry,' an homage to cup noodles, ginger-scented nira soba, and soupless tantanmen, among others, known as a constantly evolving shop. The shop's unique custom is to add a few drops of the concentrated Pu-erh tea available on the table to water and drink it, which instantly refreshes the palate after the meal. A bowl where you can slowly savor the 'umami of subtraction' – the deliciousness achieved without chemical seasonings – at your own pace.