A note on the words: a bisque is the French shellfish soup this bowl is built on — here made from lobster heads; chashu is the sliced braised or roasted pork laid on ramen. Prices are as of this writing (August 2026).
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Ebimaru Ramen on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Drinkers, thank you for waiting. It is Hangover Meshi time.
Feeling that today might be a ramen day, I searched for shops nearby — and found “Ebimaru Ramen” in Jimbocho, run by a chef with a French background, serving a lobster bisque soup ramen. What a promising thing! Off to Jimbocho, where several people were already waiting outside.
So of course, into the queue!
Original Ebimaru ramen — 1,391 yen
Ebimaru carbonara — 1,481 yen
Whole lobster ramen — 6,664 yen
Ebimaru-style tantanmen — 1,482 yen
Ebimaru recommended set — 2,028 yen
Grown-ups’ set — 2,846 yen
A varied menu. Part of me thought “we are here, let us go for the whole lobster!!!” — but then I spotted the recommended set, which pairs the Ebimaru ramen with a risotto. Wait — there is a risotto at the end? I want that! So I abandoned the whole lobster and asked for this instead.
There was also a grown-ups’ set with wine, and I bitterly regret having somewhere to be afterwards and therefore not drinking!!! Since I added the risotto, I asked for a smaller portion of noodles.
From the moment you sit down, this is not a ramen shop!
And then, entirely unexpectedly, a starter arrives!
It tastes rather like clam chowder.
The flavour of the clams has seeped right through it — extremely good!
The ramen that arrives has, unmistakably, the face of French cooking!
The orange soup, poured into a shallow-ish bowl, is a genuine bisque packed with roughly one whole lobster’s worth of heads per serving. A wonderful smell. Brandy and aromatic vegetables are reduced to the limit, then the whole lobster is simmered for three hours, blitzed with a hand blender and passed through a sieve, repeatedly, to finish. One sip and the sweetness and savour of the shellfish surge out, without a trace of fishiness or harshness. This is truly “drinkable lobster” — and although it has the viscosity of a thick potage, the finish is clean.
What is this? It is outrageously good.
For anyone who loves prawns and lobster, this is heaven!
I cannot put the spoon down!
The noodles are thick, firm and straight, with a chewy spring and real substance, and they haul up that dense bisque whether you like it or not. It feels closer to soup pasta than to ramen, perhaps. The affinity with the lobster soup is frightening: every slurp brings the aroma of wheat and the sweetness of the shellfish together in the mouth. The toppings are excellent too — the pork chashu is smoked on the surface then cooked sous-vide until moist, and the Oyama chicken chashu is airily soft. Both suit the lobster flavour beautifully.
And here is where Ebimaru truly shows itself: the flavour changes.
First, break the sour cream from the toast into the soup, and the acidity and dairy roundness turn it into a mellow French mode! Delicious in its own right!! Next, a drop of the house chilli oil for a slightly Asian turn. Then the original curry spice for a curry flavour! And to finish, black pepper for deeper body. One bowl changes face several times. Wonderful!
When you have finished, the risotto arrives. Into a scorching-hot vessel go an egg yolk, small prawns, and five spoonfuls of your remaining soup. Then the staff shave Parmigiano over it in a soft snowfall, and an enchanting risotto is complete!!
Mix well and take a bite. The savour of the lobster, the richness of the cheese, the thickness of the yolk and the plumpness of the rice become one — outrageously good!!
Honestly, you would be mad to skip this! Please add it!
So — I finally ate at Ebimaru Ramen, and it is less a ramen shop than a bistro! That superb lobster bisque seeps right through you. And the risotto at the end must not be forgotten. I was worried about the quantity, but with a smaller portion of noodles it went down easily. It is delicious — do try it!
May you meet something good to eat today too.
Ebimaru Ramen (ramen / Jimbocho Station, Suidobashi Station, Kudanshita Station)
Tabelog lunch rating ★★★★☆ 4.0
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
