Honda | Deluxe Tonkotsu-Gyokai
Ramen No. 23: Honda | Deluxe Tonkotsu-Gyokai
Honda is one of my favorite ramen shops in all of Tokyo, it's the one of two ramen shops I always recommend to friends visiting when they're looking to experience…
Bantam King | Shoyu-Chintan ("Tokyo-Style") Ramen
Ramen 145: Bantam King | Shoyu-Chintan (“Tokyo-Style”) Ramen
This mediocre ramen is microtransactional hell in a bowl. Bantam's angle is that everything in its restaurant only uses chicken, so there was no pork on its menu. As such,…
Hayashi | Tonkotsu-Gyoakai w/ Ajitama
Ramen No. 98: Hayashi | Tonkotsu-Gyokai Ramen w/ Ajitama Egg
Hayashi is tucked in a slightly forbidding area near Shibuya station, behind the Mark City complex and caught between the red-light district of Dogenzaka and the highway over Tamagawa-dori to…
Koike | Deluxe Niboshi Ramen
Ramen No. 137: Koike | Deluxe Niboshi Ramen
Met up with my friend Chris near his Shimokitazawa turf out in Kamikitazawa to try ramen from Ramen Koike, which has been recognized by Michelin's Bib Gourmand for 2018. Though…