New Yorker’s rejoice for Ramen Setagaya may just be the best ramen shop in the entire USA. I’ve been to some great ramen shops in Hawaii and all over California but, Ramen Setagaya still gets my vote for best ramen in the nation– or at least until Hakata Ippudo (Kyoto, Japan) opens in the EV. The key to a good bowl of ramen always starts with the broth and man, this broth kicks some serious ass. The deep broth (assari-kei type) is a well-guarded secret mixture of chicken pork seafood and seaweed, and they use imported sea salt from Okinawa. Warning: this is a shio-ramen, which uses salt instead of shoyu so it’s pretty salty. The Cha-Syu (pork) is home made and you can definitely taste it.  I also highly recommend the menma (marinated bamboo shoot), which is marinated in the stock soup broth for over two days. Keep in mind that this is not a typical ramen joint, but a more regionalized ramen type dish from an area outside of Tokyo. Eat up!

Ramen Setagaya
141 1st ave
(212) 529-2740

Cha-syu men. mmmmlicscious

I’ve been informed that there’s a new (yes, another one) burger joint that just opened, which supposedly tastes “similar” to In-n-out in California. They reportedly use the same thin style patties, and also use fresh cut fries. This could be the closest thing to in-n-out that we’ll ever get so it may be worth checking out if you work in or around the area, although with all the lunch time madness that goes on in the city– maybe not. Let us know how it tastes if you do decide to check it out.

Five Guys
W 55th st btwn 5th & 6th.