🍜 Nerima, Japan — Ramen Ranking

濃菜麺 井の庄

Nousaimen Inosho is a hugely popular ramen shop in Nerima, Tokyo, where diners regularly line up outside. Its signature bowl, the nousaimen, features a thick, rich tonkotsu (pork bone) broth piled generously with crisp boiled vegetables such as cabbage and bean sprouts, and it pairs beautifully with the thick noodles. The tender chashu (braised pork) is satisfying and hearty, and there is a full lineup of spicy options, including the kara-kara nousaimen for those who want extra heat. The shop is clean, with counter seats set well apart, and it stocks hair ties, paper aprons, baskets for your belongings, and tea at every seat, making it welcoming and easy to visit even for a woman dining alone.

ラーメン見田家

Ramen Mitaya is an iekei-style ramen shop (a Yokohama-born style built on a pork-bone and soy sauce base) just steps from Nerima Station in Tokyo. The rich tonkotsu-shoyu broth is deep and full-bodied yet mellow and easy to drink, pairing nicely with the firm, chewy noodles. The special ramen, topped with tender chashu (braised pork), an ajitama (seasoned soft-boiled egg), and nori seaweed, costs 1,000 yen and is very satisfying, and free rice lets you build a bowl to your own taste. Served in a stand-and-eat style with quick turnover, it is a lively, popular spot with cheerful staff where lines regularly form.

麺 酒 やまの

Men Sake Yamano in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, is celebrated for its signature toro buta mazesoba, a bowl of mazesoba (brothless noodles tossed with a sauce). The dish is topped with pork belly so thick and richly marbled it is almost too heavy to lift with chopsticks, and it clings beautifully to the springy, thick noodles coated in a bold sauce charged with nira (garlic chives) and garlic for a gloriously indulgent flavor. Part of the fun is eating it your own way, mixing in an egg yolk or splashing on a little vinegar partway through. To finish, a free serving of rice is added to soak up the remaining sauce. Lines form before the doors even open at this beloved local spot. The toro buta mazesoba is 1,430 yen, and the plain mazesoba is 940 yen.

麺処 まるよし商店

A one- to two-minute walk from Sakuradai Station, this shop's signature bowl is a tanmen (a soup noodle dish) piled high with a generous mountain of vegetables. Its distinctive broth is drawn from shrimp and saketoba (dried salmon), and you can choose between thin or thick noodles; the thick noodles have a chewy, springy bite that clings beautifully to the soup. The vegetables are simmered until meltingly soft and soak up the broth, and diners enjoy changing up the flavor with a red ball of fermented chili paste. The abura shoyu tanmen, topped with pork back fat, costs 1,150 yen. Some regulars think so highly of this place that they bring friends all the way from Kagawa, and it is the kind of spot that keeps you wanting to return.

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