Ramen - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:28:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Ramen - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 15 Great Japanese Spots From Our 100 Very Best Restaurants List https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/03/23/15-great-japanese-spots-from-our-100-best-restaurants-list/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=15-great-japanese-spots-from-our-100-best-restaurants-list Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:44:08 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1630131 Ama Ami 703 Edgewood St., NE Sushi Taro alums Zach Ramos and Amy Phan specialize in jewel-box-like chirashi bowls at their takeout-only pop-up in the food incubator Mess Hall. These treasure chests of rice and raw seafood, almost too pretty to eat, are packed with premium specialties like uni, fatty tuna, and Hawaiian black-footed limpets. […]

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People Are Lining Up for This DC Ramen Shop’s Tsukemen Tuesdays https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/07/12/people-are-lining-up-for-this-dc-ramen-shops-tsukemen-tuesdays/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=people-are-lining-up-for-this-dc-ramen-shops-tsukemen-tuesdays Tue, 12 Jul 2022 14:06:27 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1588478 In Japan, it’s not uncommon for ramen shops to specialize in a single signature style. Menya Hosaki chef/owner Eric Yoo would love to do something like that, but he thinks it would be a hard sell for most American diners who prefer variety and tend to have a lot of dietary restrictions. For now, though, […]

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Birria Ramen, Spicy Pozole, and More Super-Comforting Soups Around DC https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/01/28/the-best-comforting-soups-around-dc-dine-in-takeout-delivery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-comforting-soups-around-dc-dine-in-takeout-delivery Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:26:14 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1442919 This posted was updated November, 2022. We could eat soup for three meals a day when it’s dreary out (yes, even for breakfast). These are some of our favorite warming bowls—many available for takeout and delivery as well as dine-in. Curry mee noodle soup at Makan 3400 11th St., NW The flavor-packed curry noodle soup […]

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Ramen Restaurant Hatoba Is Going Hawaiian in Navy Yard https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/07/26/ramen-restaurant-hatoba-is-serving-hawaiian-food-drinks-in-navy-yard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ramen-restaurant-hatoba-is-serving-hawaiian-food-drinks-in-navy-yard Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:00:28 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1542361 Daikaya Group chef Katsuya Fukushima grew up eating Hawaiian food as the “military brat” of a third-generation Hawaiian father of Japanese-American descent. Though he was born on a base in Okinawa, Japan, near where his mother is from, Fukushima frequently traveled to the 50th state. But when the chef is craving Hawaiian food in DC, […]

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Beyond Birria Tacos: Where to Find Birria Ramen, Pizza, Pupusas, and More https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/03/02/where-to-find-best-birria-tacos-ramen-pizza-around-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-to-find-best-birria-tacos-ramen-pizza-around-dc Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:17:41 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1450891 Birria tacos—stewed meat stuffed inside a tortilla with a side of heady braising liquid called consomé for dunking—are having a moment. Credit the comforting nature of the Mexican dish, and of course, its meaty, sometimes cheesy, deliciously messy Instagram fame. So why stop at tacos? Chefs are riffing on the recipe, native to Jalisco, creating […]

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Famed Philadelphia Chef Peter Serpico Is Opening a Ramen Ghost Kitchen in DC https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/12/07/philadelphia-chef-peter-serpico-is-opening-a-ramen-ghost-kitchen-in-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=philadelphia-chef-peter-serpico-is-opening-a-ramen-ghost-kitchen-in-dc Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:12:25 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1357091 Before the pandemic hit, James Beard Award-winning chef Peter Serpico was running an ambitious chef’s counter at his eponymous restaurant on South Street —a collaboration with Philadelphia restaurant king Stephen Starr (also behind Le Diplomate), best known for edgy Asian-accented plates like crispy duck buns and seaweed beignets. The style may seem familiar; prior to […]

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4 Chefs Share Their Secrets for Upgrading Instant Ramen https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/04/15/4-chefs-share-their-secrets-for-upgrading-instant-ramen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-chefs-share-their-secrets-for-upgrading-instant-ramen Wed, 15 Apr 2020 18:10:07 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1085642 How do you turn instant ramen—which has long been the ultimate budget-food cliche (c’mon, did you really survive on it for all four years of college?)—into something more memorable than just a sodium bomb with some curly noodles? Not only is it possible, it’s pretty easy.  “Adding elements to instant ramen is all about speed,” […]

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Mess Hall’s Ramen World Returns With Bottomless Bowls and Beers https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/01/31/mess-halls-ramen-world-returns-with-bottomless-bowls-and-beers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mess-halls-ramen-world-returns-with-bottomless-bowls-and-beers Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:57:08 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=999729 Booking a last-minute trip to Japan may be out of the budget, but there’s a rich ramen scene to explore around DC. And for one day, it’s all in one place. Some of the biggest names in the soup game are taking over Mess Hall  on Saturday, February 29  for the sixth annual Ramen World […]

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The Daikaya Team’s Navy Yard Ramen Shop (Finally!) Opens Today https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/10/11/the-daikaya-teams-navy-yard-ramen-shop-finally-opens-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-daikaya-teams-navy-yard-ramen-shop-finally-opens-today Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:48:39 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=879475 Nats pride may be sweeping the city, but Hatoba, the fourth ramen shop from the team behind Daikaya/Bantam King/Haikan is repping another jersey. The Navy Yard restaurant opens today, with memorabilia from Sapporo’s Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters as the backdrop for canned sake and Sapporo-style ramen. “We get this question, ‘Why another Sapporo ramen, why don’t […]

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The Best New Restaurants Where You Can Eat for Under $25 in Maryland https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/09/13/the-best-new-restaurants-to-eat-under-25-in-maryland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-best-new-restaurants-to-eat-under-25-in-maryland Fri, 13 Sep 2019 11:00:04 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=816960 Akira Ramen & Izakaya 1800-H Rockville Pike, Rockville Fragrant broths and hand-pulled noodles elevate the bowls at this ramen parlor. Heat junkies will want to go for the Volcano, a robust broth riddled with hot pepper and torch-singed pork. (The miso ramen is a gentler alternative.) The izakaya side of the menu offers small plates […]

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