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Just came back from visiting son in Boston. He took us to Yume Wo Katare (actually in the PRC). Strangest restaurant I have ever been to.

American ramen culture stinks. Ramen isn't supposed to be $20 a bowl. Even when supposed to be fancy to justify prices, I haven't found a place that does both the broth and the noodles right, much less balance of toppings. But then I am a privileged snob who has eaten ramen in Japan and prefer something simpler.

I have enjoyed this: https://www.amazon.com/Sapporo-Ichiban-Tonkotsu-Momosan-Ramen/dp/B07SR6PPFB?th=1 more than any of the ramen joints here in Chicago (outside of a particular Japanese food court out in the burbs).

I don’t think you could get simpler than this place. There’s one menu item, ramen with pork. You can add garlic or extra pork, that’s it. There is literally nothing else for sale. If you’re thirsty, he’ll give you a glass of tap water.

You have to order online, which means choosing an available time slot, which are every 10 minutes. There are 6 available bowls of ramen per time slot. 12 seats, so average turnover is 20 minutes. Until COVID, there was no takeout. You can now, but he has no lids, he doesn’t want his ramen to travel. It only meets his standard if you eat it within a couple minutes

@fraggler any ramen recommendations in Chicago?

I very much get sushi and sushimi. Or rather, wish, these days, I did!

Ashamed to say that despite my time in Japanese restaurants being quite substantial, I never tried ramen.

@ergopower Sounds like the ramen nazi