Friends In Ramen

Shio ramen is pretty rare in Osaka, but Ramen Ceil in Nakatsu specializes it, so that's what I ordered. 塩ラーメンは大阪で珍しいですけど、中津のらーめん Cielは...

There is a shop of Nakatsu that has bounced around between ownership, but for the recent while it has been Fukushima-founded tonkotsu Mankai...

One of the ever changing shops in Nakazakicho has changed again. First it was shrimp tsukemen shop Typhoon Gang. Then it was jiro-style shop...

One of the most famous tsukemen shops in Osaka just happened to open a shop right by where I work! It replaced a mediocre-at-best curry udon...

Tobei right near my office closed down. I had only been there a few times, but the closure of any ramen shop is still reason enough to pour...

On my visit to beloved Menya Taku just a few days ago , I discovered that one of the former chefs started a new shop. Called Ramen Igei, the...

New shop alert! The longer I've been in this ramen eating business, the more aware I've been of new shops opening up. A shop can bar...

One of the places I occasionally eat at during lunch from work I noticed had a Mondays-only miso ramen deal. The horumon at that place is pr...

A few of my coworkers told me about a chain ramen shop nearby, but I had never gone to check it out. One day I ate lunch with them, and they...

After accidentally getting my coworker obsessed with Teru , I figured I had to show him the other ramen shops in the area.  I had been to Ta...

Just after I moved to Osaka and started my job, I learned that one of my coworkers was kind of a ramen expert.  Apparently, back in his heyd...

Ah, the elusive Yashichi.  One of the most critically acclaimed shops in Osaka, and the second highest ranked on ramendb at time of writing,...