Chipao Maratan (Gotanda) Review Summary

Not sure why but this location is definitely better than the one at Ebisu. The soup warms your soul. Definitely get spicy level #3. I love the chicken meat balls with cartilage, the dried tofu, the varieties of dumplings, the bamboo shoot, the sausage, the mochi ball, and of course the white mushroom that soaks up all the spice. Even if you don’t add extra toppings that cost extra it is good. But a tad expensive with soup + vermicelli noodles base starting at ¥620.

Make your own spicy soup with transparent noodle and veggies of your choice! The broth base is hot spicy soup and you can order spiciness from mild to burning hot. It can also be arranged in Tom yum flavor, zero spicy etc....total price is calculated per weight of all the ingredients you picked from the shelf and special add-ons.
Over 20 ingredients including several mushrooms and meat/ fish dumplings, tofu, eggs, etc
Last but not least, NO CASH accepted. Only e-pay. Credit card, barcode pay, edy, train ic card....

I’ve been here thrice. The place is small, but the selection of vegetables was good. I usually just choose the 0 spiciness level as I am not very fond of spicy food, but 1 is what people usually order. If you like your food customised, then this is the place for you.

I often go to the ebisu store so decided to try Gotanda store this time. The smell of sewage system really takes away from the experience, and the food doesn’t seem as well-cooked (there was still some sourness in the bamboo shoot). Won’t come to this branch again.

No cash accepted.
Choose your food from the fridge, they will charge you by weight.