Friends In Ramen

I stumbled upon a shop called Mengyu, selling noodles and beef. Of all things I went with their curry mazesoba. 麺牛という店に行って、麺と牛を売っていました。咖喱ま...

The Osaka Ekimae Buildings are always a good place to explore for food, ramen or otherwise. As much as I think I know the scene in Umeda, th...

A shop opened up in Higashi Umeda, in between the alleys with snack bars and izakayas. Toratetsu is not a straight ramen shop, but a gyoza s...

One of my favorite set of ramen shops just opened up a fourth shop in Higashi Umeda. Jinrui Mina Menrui , Seka Ichi Himana Ramenya and Kuso...

There can only be so much time between when a miso ramen shop opens in Osaka and when I visit it. This time the new shop is Men no Kuni, a s...

Higashi Umeda has a wealth of ramen, many of which are nothing special. Chiran had a decent rating in the ramen database though, and I didn...

In July a new shop in Higashi Umeda Station called Mentetsu opened up. Just a couple weeks later, I heard all about it from my coworkers; a ...

I had to get home to do some packing for a trip to Toyama and Nagano, but I also needed to eat dinner. I did a quick search of ramen shops i...

Months ago a shop opened up not too far from where I work, but for some reason I never got around to visiting. Eventually passing by a giant...

Ippudo is a chain, and branches can be found all over Japan . However, in Umeda sits a very special branch, just above the normal shop. An e...

I had some unusual post-lunch weekend plans in Umeda, but not a lot of time. Luckily, as it has in the past , the Osaka Ekimae buildings wer...

It was December, and I had just a few days left before I was going home to New York for the holidays . What should my last bowl of ramen be?...

I had some time after work and decided I would wander around a part of east Umeda, Doyamacho. I had never really been there before, but it...