IS THERE ANY COMPELLING RAMEN IN THE GREATER DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN AREA ?!?

I SHOULDNT HAVE TO GOTO E VILLAGE FOR EAT GOOD RAMEN!

1ST PERSON TO POSTS PACKAGED RAMEN PIC IS #1 ENEMY

nothing as far as i know, unfortunately. i rarely get ramen when eating out at a japanese restaurant.

yeah usually its terrible which is why you have to goto a specialty place

I've never been but Zenkichi has been recommended:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/DpZ7Xaub8Lhpg7VJdHaPpg

yeah i should check that out sometime - but its not really closer than the e village for me - why must all the ramen stores be all bunched up like that

i just want ramen all the time

i have an idea...

MOVE.

zenkichi is rad but i have not had the ramen

MOVE.

cant live in manhattan - not made of gold :(

(i luv where i live too even if it has no good ramens)

you could always live with japanese chefs (what i did in SF 10 years ago)

that does sound pretty good

Cannot help really, I loves the udon best.

udon is awesome too - ever been to sobaya? sooobayuuumm!

No, but there is place right by my office that makes SO good and greasy roast duck udon and I've been WAITING since spring for it to get really cold so I could justify a big jar of it for lunch. THE TIME IS NOW.

name me this place plz and def check out soba-ya on 9th st btwn 2nd/3rd

Don't know name. Looks like a nothing little storefront on ...45th between Lex and 3rd? North side of street. There's dine-in seating in the back but I've never eaten there so don't know what its like. In general though their stuff has been REALLY greasy so I don't know...when it's a hot soup with duck, it's not that surprising (or I can skim some off).

eh yeah probably not vital knowledge as ive been over there like 5 times in my life

Does zenkichi even have ramen? I think they only have a green tea noodle in a broth.

I never order ramen in a restaurant. It's stupid to pay more than $4 for a bowl of ramen unless there is a leprechaun in it.

lol not true

Zenkichi is practically as far from downtown brooklyn as it is from the east village, and harder to get to!

a got nabeyeki udon and mackerel sashimi from one greene - it was ok

how about pho instead

who remembers Pho on Smith St.?

nicky's pho eh? worth a shot.

do you mean uncle pho, dan? we went there at least once, didn't we? it was all about colonialism chic.

and lemongrass martinijitos.

North Brooklynites await the opening of new ramen place on Manhattan between Huron & Green. Can't remember the name, but it's the Japanese chain famous for putting every ramen eater in their own tiny inward-facing booth.

ichiran. i almost fainted when i saw the signs in the window. unfortunately, the opening keeps getting pushed back and now seems to be slated for january.

i'm jealous of you greenpoint folks getting all the good new restaurants.

foods i would kill a guy for in ft greene:
ramen
vietnamese
fancy supermarket
good slices

korean fried chicken
texas bbq

i would kill a guy then i would get so fat

i want to move back to red hook. i moved out of my large, cheap apartment about 4 months before the fairway opened. stupid, stupid, stupid.

another japanese chain, ippudo, is opening at some point in the east village (on 4th ave, i think).

the rich get richer

fuckers

is there any compelling thai food in the greater downtown brooklyn area?

hakata ippudo is the #1 chain for hakata style tonkotsu ramen, that really rich milky pork bone marrow broth that you may or may not care for. it's a regional specialty from fukuoka. one of the more famous ramen styles.

that really rich milky pork bone marrow broth that you may or may not care for.

i care for it, deeply.

menkui tei has a couple dishes where they mix the pork bone broth w/the soy broth - omg!

i want to eat all of this right now for lunch.
but i don't think there is any compelling ramen on the UES.

not sure how far n u r but here one on 49 btw lex 3rd http://oyajilife.com/Ise

that's a little far but i could take the train. i maybe save it for when my boss is on vacation.

oh yeah, Uncle Pho.

I can't even read this thread. A couple of years ago I ate some japanese noodle soup type dish. I was in a weird mood and really hungry so I also ate a grilled cheese sandwhich. I then got violently ill. It was probably something else altogether, not food related, but till this day the thought of any sort of udon or ramen makes me sick.

sorry, back to your discussion.