Originally Posted by
carsnoceans
Is Furious Spoon anything like Slurping Turtle? Slurping Turtle is an absolute disgrace to anything food.
Although, heard good things abt Big Star. I prefer to get my Mexican food from Pilsen. Not quite as classy and lacks the atmosphere but food is ridiculous.
Originally Posted by
rjque
No, it's much better than Slurping Turtle. I think Slurping Turtle is fine for the type of American Japanese food that is generally on offer in Chicago, though it's pretty expensive for what it is. Furious Spoon more closely resembles the type of ramen you might get on the streets of Tokyo.
The boyfriend and I have done an extensive ramen survey in the last six months, though we haven't yet made it to Furious Spoon or the new spot that opened last week on Diversey. My ranking would be:
Top tier:
Wasabi
Ramen Takeya
Slurping Turtle
Santouka
Mid-tier:
Strings
Ramen San
Bottom of the bunch:
Acadia
Yusho
High Five
Yusho topped the Serious Eats Chicago ramen bracket, but I think that's more of a function of social media than the actual quality of their ramen. Though I love their ramen battles with guest chefs (last night's featured the Tom Van Lente of Big Star and Jonathan Zaragoza of Birrieria Zagaroza). Both Acadia and Yusho's ramens were the blandest things imaginable...how does a chef not spot that? High Five might be worth a return trip if it didn't involve a 2+ hour wait (particularly when you're waiting surrounded by the smokey awesomeness of Green Street Smoked Meats). They also lost points because they don't serve tonkotsu. Ramen San is good but not worth the cost.