“We created the shifudo (seafood) ramen as a special for our Carnaby Street branch,” explains Kanada-Ya director Aaron Burgess-Smith, “we fry langoustine shells and tiger prawn heads to create a concentrated oil which we add to our tonkotsu pork broth to create a salty, seafood-flavoured ramen”. Blue swimmer crabs are also added for extra flavour, before the soup is strained and tonkotsu noodles are put in. The ramen is then topped with tradtional sliced chashu pork, made by simmering pork collar in a mix of soy sauce, saké, ginger, garlic and chilli. It’s also garnished with spring onions, sweetcorn and ito togarashi – fine strands of mild red chilli, also known as angel hair chilli.