5 standard ramen restaurants in HCMC

The alley ramen restaurants in the Japanese Quarter (District 1, HCMC) attract food lovers to experience.

In recent years, Japanese culinary culture appears popular in many countries around the world. In particular, Vietnam is one of the places that owns a variety of restaurants and restaurants with the Phu Tang style. Japan Town (Japanese Quarter), located on Le Thanh Ton and Thai Van Lung streets, is where visitors can check-in the atmosphere of cherry country. At the same time, enjoying the right bowl of ramen here also brings an unforgettable aftertaste. 1. Ramen Bar Suzuki This is a brand built by Chef Suzuki, who won the famous ramen competition in Japan. The restaurant has two spaces, divided according to different purposes. The ground floor is a simple bar style, dark, suitable for single guests, who likes quiet. The colorful space above is for large groups of customers. The menu includes many different types of ramen noodles, most notably amen tonkatsu tokusei, red ramen, spicy tsukemen … The special point is the noodles made from Japanese wheat, adding tonkotsu sauce to create the perfect pungency. Evaluate: Trang Thu: “I have eaten ramen in Japan, the noodle taste is not as strong. The plus point is the luxurious space compared to other places”. La Bu: “The space is a bit narrow, fitted with yellow lights, you should go in the morning if you want to live virtual. The bowl of ramen is beautifully decorated, full of topping. Delicious, chewy, cooked noodles. When mixing the sauce to taste, bold, add the sauce too salty “. Duc Anh Hoang: “High-class ramen shop. There are many menu items, divided into 4-5 groups of ramen. Noodles are chosen according to the degree of hardness, softness, in the bowl of red ginger, thin meat, peach egg. standard “. 2. Daiichi Ramen The restaurant owns a Japanese cultural space, a large area with a capacity of more than 50 diners. The dishes take familiar Vietnamese ingredients, processed in the traditional style of Phu Tang cuisine. Diversified menu for diners to choose from such as tonkotsu shio ramen (brine flavor), tonkotsu shoyu ramen (soy sauce), soba – udon, gyudon … Each type of ramen has a unique flavor, combined with golden noodles. shiny, attractive accompanying ingredients. Evaluate: Tran Linh: “Big ramen noodles, the broth is a bit salty compared to me. The staff is polite and agile. The space is nice and quiet. The restaurant is located in the alley so it’s a bit difficult to find. the evening is more crowded “. Constance Doan: “The soup is greasy, quite delicious. The noodles seem to be made by themselves but do not suit me, the thin fibers will taste better. The meat is thin, does not feel the taste. Overall, it can be eaten temporarily, not really delicious. “. 3. Ramen Danbo Cozy restaurant space with bar-style seats across from the kitchen. Diners have enough private space but can still see the chef’s process of making bowls of ramen. The restaurant serves authentic Fukuoka regional ramen. The highlight is the broth extracted from the bone marrow of pork, sweet, sweet and milky. Here, you can choose noodles from 3 unique flavors. The points on each bowl of ramen are char siu, peach eggs, seaweed and scallions. Evaluate: Thuy Nguyen: “The broth of the restaurant is rich, the right type of bone stew, the chashu is delicious, the gyoza is not too special, the food is ok. The restaurant is full of music that I like so it feels cozy at home. One minus point is that The menu of drinks is less diverse “. Le Nguyen: “The first impression is that the restaurant is spacious, clean, air-conditioned and feels wider than many other places. I eat ramen noodles about 140,000 VND / bowl. Customers can choose dishes according to the taste of salty / light, a little / a lot of scallions, soft / chewy noodles. Strong dish. On the table with the seasoning, the side dish is full, including elastic hair tie, very attentive “. 4. Ramen Tomidaya Located in a small alley, the restaurant is crowded with domestic and foreign diners. The menu is quite simple, but each dish is unique. Dishes not to be missed are shoyo ramen and tokusei tsukemen. However, the ramen broth here is a bit salty compared to Vietnamese taste so you can ask the staff to reduce it accordingly. Evaluate: Kuran Trang: “I eat at the restaurant many times, my favorite dish is miso soy sauce noodles. Abura soba noodles are very spicy, and it is quite strange to eat. However, the noodles in the restaurant are more and less topping compared to other places”. Mary deroux: “Bright, spacious and quiet space like traditional Japanese restaurants. The ramen broth is quite salty and easy to taste. A bowl of tokusei ramen (VND 170,000) consists of 2 pieces of minced meat, fresh and dried seaweed, peach eggs, bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots are soft, chewed, crunchy, not smelly. Eggs are marinated quite salty. Plus point is fresh seaweed and soybean price, eat less “. 5. Ippudo Franchise Japanese restaurant in Vietnam impresses with luxurious space. The bowl of noodles here is not picky about the form but focuses on the flavor. Characteristic milky white soup with 18-hour bone stew. Shiromaru and akamaru are two types of ramen not to be missed at the restaurant. Evaluate: Ngoc Nguyen: “The location is right at the beginning of the road so it’s easy to find. The 2-storey space is a bit small, I go at noon, wait a while to get a table. There are 3 types of meat, eggs, bean sprouts, onions, seaweed, and wood ears.This bowl is a bit expensive but quality “. Thanhtruc1912: “A bowl of ramen full of quality, thick and delicious meat. My favorite thing here is that guests can choose the salinity and spicy for the soup to their liking. The ground floor space is a bit narrow, the staff is cute. and professional”. Compare two popular and high-end burgers in Ho Chi Minh City Zing compared the 60,000 VND burger of Dean’s Burger and a similar dish from El Gaucho for 500,000 VND.