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WHERE TO EAT The best Shio ramen in the world (according to food experts)
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Recommended by Tom Bricker and 12 other food critics.
"The Kyoto style pork salt broth ramen is the highlight, and it has a well-rounded flavor and is topped with delicious chashu pork slices. (This might be the best chashu I’ve ever had.)"
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Recommended by Serious Eats and 10 other food critics.
"Excellent shio ramen with a delicate broth made from chicken, niboshi (dried sardines), and kaibashira (adductor muscle of the scallop)."
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Recommended by Eater and 10 other food critics.
"He brings that broad-ranging expertise to bear in his trademark shio ramen, blending six types of salt for his soup, rolling his own noodles in-house, and adding colorful vegetables and creative garnishes to his bowls."
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Recommended by Time Out Tokyo and 8 other food critics.
"The lightly flavoured soup is topped with perfectly matched cod and prawn dumplings and chicken meatloaf, and also goes very well with condiments like spring onions, ginger, perilla leaves and shredded chilli."
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Recommended by Robbie Swinnerton and 7 other food critics.
"It’s just as much a classic now as it was 10 years ago."
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Recommended by Matt Gross and 6 other food critics.
"Careful dollops of flavorings and fats, ladles of rich broth, noodles cooked just al dente and shaken free of excess water."
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Recommended by Natalie DeCarolis and 1 other food critic.
"Both seasoned and rich in flavor. Though cold, the chashu was cooked perfectly and falling apart in the stock. A+ there!"
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Recommended by Chelsea Chan
"Additionally, we would highly recommend Menya Itto’s Chashu Shio Ramen."