Cerdanya · 2 houses · 2 km
On one side of the border, lanterns and skewers by the lake. On the other, a broth that has been on the stove for hours.
Keep scrollingWide, sunny, and split by a border people here cross without a second thought, usually for dinner.
Tomiya is the izakaya on Puigcerdà lake: small plates, a hot grill, and a wooden cabin stuffed with finds from Japan.
Ramen Miyagi runs at a different pace. In Bourg-Madame, Michiko Todome serves the bowl she missed when she first moved to the valley.
New name, different menu, same emblem over both doors. It's all one family.
How it started
On a flight from Narita to Rome. She was cabin crew; he was a cook with five years in Japanese kitchens behind him.
Worn out by Barcelona, they moved up to the mountains for the air. The one thing missing was a decent bowl of ramen, so they made their own.
Read the Time Out Barcelona story ↗
