Here for pho? You'll want to order the Pho Dac Biet (L1), a bowl of tender beef brisket and juicy eyeround paired with chewy tendon. Be sure to applaud the cow who gave so much of himself to the dish. Mehr erfahren.
Ajisen is one of the few "chain" restaurants in Chinatown, but that doesn't stop us from drooling over their hearty, savory ramen dishes. The spicy shredded beef ramen sits at the top of our list. Mehr erfahren.
Go here for Manhattan’s best budget Asian noodles. Slurp up Savory Cumin Lamb Hand-Pulled Noodles for $5 or Liang Pi Noodles for $4. Mehr erfahren.
Come here for ultra-cheap Chinese cuisine. Huge portions of hand-pulled noodle soups range from $4 - $6.50. Try fish ball or beef for $5. Mehr erfahren.
Go here for NYC’s cheapest deal on delicious ramen noodles. Get a heaping bowl of Yasai Ramen noodles w/ pork broth & sautéed veggies ($8). Mehr erfahren.
Those in the know order the Totto Spicy Ramen, made with deeply flavored chicken broth and good, springy noodles delivered daily from Soba Totto across town. Mehr erfahren.
Taste: Thai-inspired green-curry-miso ramen (a moderately spicy bowl of soup garnished with fragrant sprigs of Thai basil). There’s Japanese beer and sake, the traditional ramen quaffs, and bar seats. Mehr erfahren.
Their lunch special is a must. Ramen + Rice Bowl + Salad for as low as $14.50. There are slightly more expensive combinations depending on the ramen. Mehr erfahren.
I like this place, it's quick, cheap and tasty. The miso ramen is pretty good. (3 of 4 petals via Fondu) Mehr erfahren.
Recommended dishes: Gyoza; Kyushu, miso, sesame, seafood, sutamina and vegetable ramen; garlic noodles. Mehr erfahren.
"The pho ga ($7) has a clean-tasting broth, spiked with black pepper, takes center stage here; no Sriracha is required, though a fistful of pickled chilies can back up that flavor with a slow burn." Mehr erfahren.
Try the sweet and sour dumpling soup ($4.25), "a red-hot, delicious mess of chili oil, pork broth, and thinly wrapped dumplings." Mehr erfahren.
The big draw "deli ramen" made with matzo balls and smoked meat from Mile End. Diners also love the more traditional noodle soups, and the small plates like pork buns and mackarel tartare Mehr erfahren.
At 11 p.m. each night, sushi restaurant SEO Japanese morphs into Ramen Sanshiro and serves two kinds of ramen, salt and soy. Cash only and serves until the broth runs out which could be as early as 1. Mehr erfahren.
"Some ramen broths detonate at first spoonful, then fizzle out halfway through; others start off meek and turn carnal. Ganso aspires to the latter." - Ligaya Mishan for the New York Times Mehr erfahren.
One of the squeeze bottles at your table is the fish sauce 'nước mắm', a Vietnamese flavor staple. You don't see this lesser pho joints in America. Your soup will benefit from a squirt or two. Mehr erfahren.
The term “face melting” is tossed around a lot, but few dishes embody the description quite like Szechuan Gourmet’s hot and sour cellophane noodles. Mehr erfahren.
Try the spicy beef with knife-shaved-noodles, bobbing in a lip-tingling broth. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Mehr erfahren.
Try the spicy beef noodle soup ($5.50). The handmade noodles are fantastic, and Zhou's "clean-tasting beef broth, stunned with Sichuan peppercorn, lingers on the tongue with a citrus-accented heat." Mehr erfahren.
Try the lamb noodle soup ($5.75), with knife shaved noodles, "made by chipping away at a block of dough to form irregular shards of dough." They're an excellent match the milky, lamb-based broth. Mehr erfahren.
This Omakase-only Japanese restaurant begins serving ramen around 10 p.m. when the dinner rush dies down. They only serve one thing, shoyu ramen, but they do it well and will fill your bowl until 2am. Mehr erfahren.
Tucked in the back of a bustling bar/gallery and is only open three nights a week, which makes it one of the more elusive ramen joints in town. Mehr erfahren.
The time to go is noon on Wed and Fri when the chef has 30 bowls of ramen prepared for lunch service. If you're one of the lucky first arrivals, you'll get a bowl of Shio ramen for around $14. Mehr erfahren.
Every full moon, chef Adam Shepard turns his restaurant into a ramen joint for 1 night to please fans of his former Japanese restaurant, Taku. Service stops for the summer but will return September. Mehr erfahren.
Try Spicy Hot Oil Seared Hand-Ripped Noodles. "A hefty plate of hand-torn carbs stir-fried in red-hot chili oil, scallions, cumin and spices until every inch is coated in a thin film of liquid heat." Mehr erfahren.
Natto (fermented soybean) on "cold soba is mixed with egg, soy, onions and crushed sesame seeds. This dish is an amazing taste experience, sour and sweet and salty at the same time." ($8.50). Mehr erfahren.
Ramen varieties include the Shiromaru Hakata, flavored by the soft fatty jowl and thinly sliced red pickled ginger, and Wasabi Shoyu Ramen, a vegetable- and chicken-based soup with wasabi-infused oil. Mehr erfahren.
Soba noodles are made fresh daily, as is the tofu, using soybeans also grown on the owner's farm, situated outside Montreal. Popular dishes include the soba salad, zaru soba, and salmon teriyaki. Mehr erfahren.
The Hakata Tonkotsu is cooked with pork bones in the broth 'til they release their marrow, giving it a "creamy consistency that rivals milk, melted butter, or gravy." In other words: It's delicious. Mehr erfahren.
New. Ambiance? Simple & chic with lots and lots of dark wood. Food? Roasted Salmon Ramen(Spicy Miso Dashi, Wakame (here it is - http://goo.gl/93uKW), scallion) tasty & perfect on a cold winter night Mehr erfahren.
Hong Kong-Style Wonton Lo Mein. Sietsema: 'the perfectly cooked noodles served "dry," implanted with wontons, and squiggled with thick sweet soy sauce -- and the broth must be served on the side' Mehr erfahren.
Try Sukhothai pork noodle soup ($7 lunch, $9 dinner). "Sweet slices of roasted pork are nestled amongst crunchy long beans and crumbles of ground pork, the dish is lavishly topped with cracklings." Mehr erfahren.
The lower level is jam-packed with options. We say, snag a heaping plate of pan-fried pork-and-scallion dumplings from Tianjin Foods, or the lamb hand-pulled-noodle soup from Lanzhou Handmade Noodle. Mehr erfahren.
One of the only two Chinatown places serving Chiu Chow food (潮州, Chao Zhou, Teo Chew). Chiu Chow is a city in Eastern Guang Dong. Great writeup by by Randy Lau after the jump. Mehr erfahren.
A big chain in its native Japan, Santouka in the Misuwa Marketplace offers some of the freshest, most delicious traditional-style ramen in LA. [Eater 38 Member] Mehr erfahren.
They import the wheat flour and other essential ingredients directly from Japan to make fresh udon every day. Mehr erfahren.
Get things heated up and try the Spicy Ramen. Orochon Ramen has the most authentic Japanese fare in LA. Mehr erfahren.
Why? Spices are less muted & the herbs fresher than at most Thai restaurants. Boldly flavored dishes, try the sauteed "drunken'' noodles, the roasted duck salad, the pickled barbecued pork Mehr erfahren.
New. The menu features lettuce wraps, summer rolls, and five takes on pho, wok-fried noodles, and a smattering of Thai dishes. Cocktails special - Bloody Mary spiked with Thai chile and fish sauce Mehr erfahren.
One thing that sets Super Taste apart from its competition is the amazing Mount Qi noodles: "a bright red, almost glowing, bowl of hand-pulled noodles with some really incredible spicing." Mehr erfahren.
Sapporo is known as the birthplace of miso ramen. According to lore, the variant was invented in 1955, when a customer asked a chef to add some noodles to his miso-and-pork soup. Mehr erfahren.