Created by Ajit Verghese Updated On: January 13, 2012
Great piece in The Village Voice by Robert Sietsema about his favorite Ramen in NYC. All descriptions paraphrased from here:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2012/01/best_ramen_nyc.php
Ramen Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 1163 tips and reviews
Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Shiromaru Hakata Classic: "pork bone broth highly emulsified, noodles slightly firmer than most and thinner, and pickled ginger is an important component of the flavor package."
540 9th Ave (btwn W 39th & W 40th St), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · Garment District · 201 tips and reviews
Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Tabata Ramen. It "features cooked and toasted ramen in the same bowl, with a novel broth thickened with coconut milk and soy powder and Chicken nubs w/ raw purple onions."
129 2nd Ave (btwn St Marks Pl & E 7th St), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · East Village · 125 tips and reviews
Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Powder Snow Ramen. "Exceptional pork, 3 types of miso. Broth is made w/ pork & chicken bone, garlic, ginger, and seaweed kelp. Try grated parmesan / pat of butter on top of ramen."
34 1/2 Saint Marks Pl (btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · East Village · 141 tips and reviews
Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Spicy Miso Ramen. "The medium-weight miso is earthy and gritty, the level of heat higher than you'd ever expect, and the kernels of corn a cooling component. "
Ramen Restaurant · Alphabet City · 302 tips and reviews
Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Minca Ramen. "five types of noodles, multiple broth options, and comparatively low prices. The signature bowl features a powerful soy broth, tea-boiled egg, kelp, and thin noodles."
Japanese Restaurant · West Village · 59 tips and reviews
Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Chashu Ramen. Pub grub at its Japanese best, "Only one ramen is offered and is based in a murky pig-foot broth that tastes like it's been boiled for three years. Plenty of pork, too."
171 1st Ave (btwn E 10th & E 11th St), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · East Village · 848 tips and reviews
Ajit Verghese: RS says: Try the Momofuku Ramen. "2 kinds of pork (roast belly and shredded shoulder), flowers of fishcake, whole sheets of nori and a science cheffy egg."
18 Lexington Ave (btwn E 22nd & E 23rd St), New York, NY
Noodle Restaurant · Gramercy Park · 118 tips and reviews
Ajit Verghese: RS says: try the Mayu Ramen "Darkest & stormiest bowl of ramen in the city, pork broth laced w/ garlic cooked almost to a cinder. Plethora of other ingredients: wood-ear mushrooms & bamboo shoots"
Ramen Restaurant · Prospect Heights · 388 tips and reviews
Ajit Verghese: RS says: try the Limited Order Ramen. The "broth is ghostly white and frothy and the pork tastes like bacon, and the entire roster of ingredients is austere in the extreme."