Ramen BIRDMAN: Michelin-Plate Chicken Paitan in Gobo

Overview

Ramen BIRDMAN, in Gobo City, is a rich chicken-paitan specialist recognised with a Michelin Plate in the guide's first Wakayama edition. Its signature 'Rich Chicken SOBA' builds a creamy soup around Kinokuni Mikandori, a Wakayama brand chicken, finished with a house tare made from Yuasa soy sauce and paired with custom-milled noodles — a bowl that connects the coast's soy-sauce heritage to a modern rich-paitan style, which is why it sits naturally in this soy-sauce area.

Founded in 2014, the shop moved in 2025 to a former Yoshinoya building beside Kishu Railway's Kii-Gobo station, about ten minutes by car from the Gobo interchange. Alongside the standard shoyu and shio versions, the menu runs to RED and WHITE chicken bowls, Shamo-rock chicken soba, a truffle-and-clam shio, and mazesoba, plus monthly limited bowls announced on the shop's social channels. Payment is cash only by ticket machine; parking is nearby but can fill at weekend lunchtime. Prices and limited menus change, so confirm the latest details on the official channels before visiting.