Skip the chicken-flavor plastic packs for the real stuff.
Daikaya
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bdr-qswFfb5/?taken-at=65258764
Bamboo (photo)shoots.
Izakaya Blue Ocean
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZZ2DH9A4Cd/?hl=en&taken-at=235653739
A cheap eat that’s worth the trip to Fairfax.
Jinya Ramen Bar
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc5vB0al6Wu/?hl=en&taken-at=1607788655930878
Chopsticks skills.
Gaijin Ramen Shop
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZHizlfFKt3/?taken-at=752350991
Behind the scenes.
Bantam King
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZHyIDshfPI/?hl=en&taken-at=1220159444660939
Blue on blue.
Ren’s Ramen
https://www.instagram.com/p/BThc-7pFUZn/?taken-at=216010350
The can’t-inhale-noodles-fast-enough shot.
Oki Bowl
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXMGpiMheB6/?hl=en&taken-at=456286042
Top it right.
Sakuramen
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdX80uBj2kM/?hl=en&taken-at=215405384
Post-ski carbo-load.
Abbey joined Washingtonian in September 2017. A Miami University (Ohio, not Florida) alum, she called the Midwest home before moving to Vermont to report for the Burlington Free Press and to be closer to her one true love: Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Her work has also appeared in Cincinnati Magazine and USA Today. Abbey lives in Falls Church.
