Why did I create this list? The most frequent inquiry I get from people looking for ramen recommendations in Los Angeles is people looking for the best vegetarian ramen options. Below is a list of places that I’ve enjoyed. This list is in no particular order and organized by location. This list will evolve, so …
Venice Ramen is one of the few places that prepares everything from scratch. Daily fresh soup, noodles, chashu, and gyoza. They are consistently delivering amazing ramen. When people ask me for recommendations this is one of the places that I short list for folks visiting. On this particular visit I tried the Chuka Soba. I …
This chicken ramen is delicious. The broth is light and flavorful. They add roasted chicken breast chashu, deep fried onions, cooked bamboo shoots, hard boiled egg, and green onion. This is all served up with hard and thin noodles. My only gripe with Venice Ramen is their egg. I understand soft boiled eggs aren’t for …
This place sucked. That’s the best way for me to sum up my experience here. This location was recently converted from a popular Italian restaurant to a ramen shop. According to the guys that were sitting next to us, the Italian restaurant was always busy and they couldn’t understand the change over. While we were …
After shopping at The Row DTLA I swung by this noodle establishment. It was less than a mile away, and since I was totally exhausted from shopping at my new favorite store, Banks Journal, I needed my fix. Stopping here was a no brainer. I’ve been here before for their tsukemen ( pronounced “ski – men”), but …
I love Venice Ramen. I’ve been here several times and it never fails. Their broth is amazing. One of my sources tells me that they are one of the few places in the area that do their own broth from scratch. It shows. I wish cooked their eggs soft or medium. But that’s really the …