Laolongting ramen is rated as "the best ramen in Chengdu" by Chengdu diners, and it is rare to be able to eat Japanese ramen of such a high level in Chengdu. Opened in 2014, Lao Yongting Ramen is known for being limited to 30 bowls of ramen on a business day, and was initially misunderstood as an influencer shop and hunger marketing. Today, in the four years since its opening, Laolongting has maintained its quality and still adheres to the limited quantity, and the number of diners who come to line up early has increased.
Queues at restaurants in Chengdu have become the norm, especially in Laolongting: they are often full before opening hours. Laolongting is open from Tuesday to Sunday, business hours are from 6 pm to 9 pm, telephone reservations are not accepted, you must go to the store to get a meal card, eat with the menu card of the day, and do not wait for the expiration. If you want to eat a bowl of ramen from Lao Longting, you must queue up at the store at least about half past three in the afternoon, and the boss will appear on time at half past four to issue meal cards, each meal card represents one person, and each person in line can only take two meal cards at most, and each meal card charges a deposit of 45 yuan, the deposit is not refundable, and can be deducted as a meal. Once you have the menu, you can leave and dine at the restaurant during the day's business hours. However, if you want to eat one bowl or four bowls of ramen per day, be sure to be in the top three when you line up to receive your menu, and stay in the top three until 6 o'clock. Diners who want to taste it should make sure to plan ahead of time and allow plenty of time.
From the back kitchen to the store, the Laolongting ramen shop is all managed by the boss alone, and does not recruit people, expand the store, or raise funds. In order to ensure the quality of each bowl of ramen, only 30 bowls are served per day. The boss's ramen making technique was learned in Japan, and the noodles are produced by the boss with the recipe and the manufacturer for production. The bone broth used in the ramen noodles is freshly boiled every day, and it is guaranteed to be boiled for more than 8 hours. In addition, the eggs used in the store are fresh eggs that can be eaten raw, and they are guaranteed to be within the expiration date when they are used, and they will not be used again after they expire.
The recommended dishes are naturally not limited to one bowl of East China Sea fish and shell noodles, and four bowls of Arctic snow crab and eel dragon king noodles are limited to four bowls per day. A variety of seafood such as shellfish, crab legs, shrimp, and fish are piled up on the noodles to create a satisfying sense of sight and taste. Arctic snow crab noodles are made with snow crab meat and crab legs, the crab legs are thick and solid, and the presentation is also very good. The eel dragon king noodles will not disappoint you for eel lovers either. Lao Ryutei's daily bone broth ramen also performed well, and the gap between it and the production of local ramen restaurants in Japan is very small. In addition to ramen, side dishes with crab salad and fresh scallop tofu are also sold out almost early. There is also home-brewed water, which has a sweet taste and low alcohol content, so it is friendly even to female diners who are not strong enough to drink. Homemade pudding spoons are given free of charge, and pudding spoons are custom-made and change every month. The menu of Laolongting is divided into summer and winter menus, but except for the fine-tuning of snacks and drinks, there is almost no difference between the two seasons. The menu reflects seasonality, but the content is almost the same throughout the year.
The boss enjoys his work very much, and his happy work mood affects the diners who come to the restaurant to eat noodles. There are only 8 counters at the restaurant, and the kitchen is open, and it has a strong atmosphere of a Japanese ramen restaurant.
