Friends In Ramen

One chain you'll find all over Osaka is Shisen Ramen. This Sichuan-style ramen joint specializes in tantanmen. I hadn't paid it much...

I feel bad about it, but there is a certain amount of enjoyment I get in seeing ramen shops close and new ones open in their place. Each sho...

More curry ramen in Kitashinchi! A while back I discovered soup curry ramen Gahaha , and just recently it has been joined by a sibling: a ne...

Kyoto is famous for two styles of ramen. One is a thin, dark shoyu style, as exemplified by Shinpuku Saikan . The other is a thicker, chicke...

Some friends of mine were visiting from America, and I was going to meet them for some post-dinner drinks in Kyoto. That meant I had to find...

A new ramen shop, right in my own backyard of Awaza! Sakura Saku was a welcoming shop with a lot of menu options and a vague theme of being ...

My native New York is home to much good food, and many high profile ramen shops, but none has caused so much buzz as Keizo Shimamoto's r...