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The chain may not be called \u201cMister Ramen,\u201d but that doesn\u2019t mean they don\u2019t know how to make a really good bowl of noodles<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Mister Donut<\/strong> doesn\u2019t play coy with what it has to offer, does it? The donut chain puts its signature menu item right there in its name, and the \u201cMister\u201d part tells you that while they\u2019ve got a sense of fun, they also have respect for the craft of donut-making.<\/p>\n But while Mister Donut truly is Japan\u2019s premier donut provider, they actually have a handful of non-dessert items on their menu too, including ramen<\/strong>. Back in 1992, Mister Donut started serving a number of Chinese dishes, including steamed pork buns and shumai dumplings, but the only one that\u2019s still around is the ramen. What\u2019s more, while various versions of noodle dishes have come and gone over the years, Mister Donut\u2019s standard baseline one, the Shiru Soba<\/strong>, is still on the menu, more than three decades after its debut.<\/p>\n It\u2019s unusual for a menu item to have that kind of longevity while also being firmly out of the limelight at its restaurant, and so we decided to head to a Mister Donut branch a few blocks away from SoraNews24 HQ to reacquaint ourselves with this oft-forgotten veteran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Shiru Soba<\/strong> (\u201csoba\u201d here is being used in its sense of Chinese-style noodles\/ramen, and not to refer to Japanese buckwheat noodles) is about as simple as can be<\/strong>. You won\u2019t find any slices of pork or hard-boiled eggs. All that\u2019s in the bowl are noodles, broth, and a sprinkling of sliced green onion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n And yet, that\u2019s all we really needed, we discovered as we took a bite<\/strong>. The noodles are tender and easy to chew, and the broth doesn\u2019t have even a hint of oiliness to it. The flavor instead comes from the chicken stock and mixture of sun-dried and bittern salt<\/strong>. It\u2019s satisfyingly flavorful, but comes to an impeccably clean finish, with none of the lingering greasy heaviness that so often comes from consuming a mouthful of ramen.<\/p>\n Fans of super-heavy ramen might say that Mister Donut\u2019s Shiru Soba misses the point of eating ramen, but that\u2019s really a matter of personal preference. While some people genuinely enjoy the guilty pleasure and near-bursting fullness of devouring a bowl of ramen crammed with slices of chashu floating between fingertip-sized blobs of oil, others may prefer the flavor to come from the seasonings and broth-base stock, and for them, Mister Donut\u2019s Shiru Soba is wondrously pure in its simplicity. It also has only 229 calories and 1.1 grams of fat, and costs just 374 yen (US$2.50). As such, the Shiru Soba won\u2019t overload the taste buds, bloat the gut, or empty the wallet, and so\u2026<\/p>\n \u2026it\u2019s an excellent choice for if you want some non-dessert food before also enjoying a donut<\/strong>. In taste-testing, we found that the Shiru Soba works great as an opening act for Mister Donut\u2019s Pon de Ring, French Cruller, or New Home Cut donuts<\/a><\/strong> (pictured above), which are more subtly sweet than the other, more sugary options from the chain.<\/p>\n \u25bc Not that we\u2019d turn down a Fluffy Pikachu<\/a> or Ditto Donut Tree<\/a> after eating a bowl of Shiru Soba, mind you.<\/p>\n It\u2019s worth noting that Mister Donut also has a few other, more substantial types of ramen on the menu, including a few spicy varieties.<\/p>\n But if you\u2019re looking to enjoy noodles and donuts in the same sitting, the Shiru Soba is hard to beat, even if its existence is easy to forget about if you haven\u2019t tried it yet.<\/p>\n Bottom image: Mister Donut<\/a><\/em> The chain may not be called \u201cMister Ramen,\u201d but that doesn\u2019t mean they don\u2019t know how to make a really good bowl of noodles. 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