“Ankake pasta PaPaboo”/ Ichinomiya city

One of the best foods to try in Japan, is Ankake pasta.

There is a restaurant that specializes in this and it is called “Ankake pasta PaPaboo”. It is located at 1-chome Ichinomiya midoro. It is easy to get there by car and it is on R155. There is tons of space to park so tell all your friends to come too.

PaPaboo has 20 seats, with many tables and counter service. If you sit in front of the counter seats, you can enjoy having a conversation with the friendly chef and the owners.

“Ankake” is a thick, starchy sauce, served over spaghetti. The thick spaghetti noodles are pan-fried with lard in advance and then topped with delicious ingredients.  It is then covered by mildly spicy tomato sauce, and then topped with black pepper.

※PaPaboo calls this their Ankake pasta but people usually call it Ankake spaghetti.

Generally, there are three toppings for this pasta. There is a vegetable topping, called “country style”, then there is a meat topping called “Milanese”, finally there is a 3rd topping which has a fried topping and is called “Viking style”. The topping is shrimp fried or fish fried, each restaurant has different fried toppings.

There are many popular Ankake restaurants around Nagoya so you can try creative handmade sauces and original topping on your own pasta at each restaurant.

There are many popular Ankake restaurants around Nagoya so you can try creative handmade sauces and original topping on your own pasta at each restaurant.

Ankake pasta PaPaboo serves a variety of Ankake pastas and also serves alcohol, such as beer and wine.

They have amazing side dishes to accompany spaghetti and alcohol to enjoy at lunch and dinner as well.

It is recommended to get the monthly special menu that they create for Ankake pasta with fresh seasonal ingredients or monthly limited special toppings

The chef has a long experience working at a hotel kitchen, so has taken the time to develop his sauce and is the key to the delicious combinations. There are many people coming from a long distance to PaPaboo just for that.

Generally, people expect that Ankake pasta will have a spicy black pepper taste however his sauce brings out an “Umami” taste of each ingredient. It doesn’t only taste like black pepper, but other delicious tastes as well. This combination of flavor is one of the main reasons it became so famous. Their pasta is not too spicy so all ages can enjoy it.

Thick, chewy spaghetti goes well with rich tomato sauce and handmade toppings. These combinations are sure to satisfy you.

Please be sure to have this when you visit Aichi prefecture.

Writer Y. S