A bowl of goodness with slow-cooked broth, veggies, meats, eggs, fish, seafood and frills like seaweed, tofu or whatever else your heart desires – ramen is comfort food, at its best. If you’re having a bad day, or want to curl up with soul food while you binge-watch your latest Netflix obsession, ramen is perfect.
Here’s who to call for the perfect bowl of ramen, in Gurgaon.
Unassuming and a bit of a hole-in-the-wall kind of place, Daikichi is Gurgaon’s oldest Japanese eatery and the only one that does a pure vegetarian ramen {even the broth is vegetarian}. Despite that, the ramen is hearty, loaded with veggies like pok choi, broccoli and mushrooms {where the umami comes from}, noodles and tofu.
However, we recommend the Tonkotsu Ramen – there’s nothing like a flat, thick slab of crumb fried pork steak to go with a healthy, hearty bowl of ramen, no?
Izu is all about homestyle Japanese food with the usual staples of sushi, sashimi and bento boxes{ this is what they’re most famous for}.
If you decide to call on Izu for a bowl of ramen, get yourself the Non-Veg Ramen Miso, which is essentially chicken broth with a deeply flavoursome miso base. You can ask them to make it with pork cubes or prawns for an extra cost.
Given the season, this is the place to head to for cold ramen – the Hyashi Chuka, a bowl of cold ramen soup with vegetables, meats and egg at a super sweet price point, is worth every bite.
A pan-Asian restaurant with a menu that has sushi and kimbap {try the kimchi variant} all on the same page, Bamboo Boat also has a killer ramen. A bowl of miso soup with bean sprouts and boiled egg, which you can further customise by adding a meat of your choice, the ramen is pretty basic but why fix it, if it ain’t broke?
They also do ramen burgers, FYI.
