Asahi Ramen – Los Angeles

Thumbs up for ramen. Thumbs down for going to Asahi, where you get a dime-a-dozen, no-frills, cash only, steaming bowl of the good stuff. I hoovered my Chashu Ramen with a soy sauce broth just salty enough to sip but not salty enough to exacerbate CHF. The noodles were the perfect texture of chewy, and alternating bites of a Kimchee on the side provide a crunchy break from the broth.

Boston is a ramen wasteland as far as I can see. There’s little good to be had and even less to be found. But if you lined up every ramen noodle in LA from end to end, you can probably circle the earth 50 times or build a great wall of ramen. That’s why there’s another ramen place two doors down from Asahi and another one across the street and at least 4 more within a 2-block radius. That being said, Asahi really hits the spot if you’re craving ramen but I really can’t think of any reason to come to Asahi twice...or even once for that matter.