Ramen

[Teknotic]

Where is the best place to eat ramen and udon in Seattle?

[Dalilahshair]

Tsukushinbo in ID has the best ramen ... only on Friday's at lunch. But better get there by 10:45 as they sell out EVERY Friday.

Fu Lin's tonkotsu ramen is a close second.

Samurai Ramen has gone south.

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Tsukushinbo
515 S Main St, Seattle, WA 98104

Fu Lin
512 S King St, Seattle, WA 98104

[pusherman]

Agree Fu Lin -- this place is kind of under the radar, but has not only decent ramen, but also very good Taiwanese beef noodle soup.

I'm historically a fan of Samurai, but will agree, has become uneven...I hope they get it cleared up, as they will soon be opening a CapHill branch.

I have had good ramen at Kaname, an izakaya-ish place on Jackson in the ID.

I've been less impressed by the ramen at Boom & Kushibar, though Boom has improved a bunch since they first opened and have moved from blech to passable.

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Fu Lin
512 S King St, Seattle, WA 98104

[eat.rest.repeat]

I too have noticed that Boom Noodle has been getting better and better. My first experience there was so bad I did not plan to ever eat there again but because a friend had purchased a Groupon deal and took me I had a chance to taste a marked improvement. I've been back again and it seemed to have again been improved.

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Boom Noodle
1121 E Pike St, Seattle, WA 98122

[Psiweaver]

Samurai ramen is absolutely terrible. I've found the best ramen lies about 2 hours north of Seattle in Vancouver at Kintaro (there are a few other places nearby that are nearly as good as well) other than that I haven't found any Ramen in the PNW thats even close to acceptable quality. Though i haven't been to Tsukushinbo in the ID on fridays but will have to give it a try.

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Tsukushinbo
515 S Main St, Seattle, WA 98104

[GreenYoshi]

Every says Samurai for ramen, which is bo doubt very good and might be the right call.
But I just found Yoe's noodles near Crossroads, which I think does it even better. Might be worth checking out.

[HungWeiLo]

How is Yoe's? I walked in a few weeks ago and walked out because I didn't want to wait. It looked suspiciously like those Hong Kong cafe-type places that just uses instant ramen (albeit more expensive brands) and adds a bunch of colorful meats and veggies. Was anyone actually making noodles in the back?

[GreenYoshi]

Don't know if they're house-made or not, but they were good.

[Teknotic]

You know, actually I have been to Yoe's. It is run by Chinese people, so it's not exactly Japanese ramen. It is pretty good, but if you look at their specials board, they'll sometime have some hidden Chinese gems. I got some duck kidney skewers that were just like the meat on a stick I found in China. Not the greatest ramen ever, but still pretty decent.

[ericlutzker]

aloha ramen on greenwood and 81st or so has excellent hawaiian style ramen, highly recommended. at least as good as the much touted hamura's saimin on kauai that i've been to several times (and is also excellent, just for comparison.) nb aloha is only open for dinner.