Originally Posted by
pesos
I can't imagine going to Ippudo NY for ramen. You go for the pork buns and shishito and atmosphere and your out-of-town friends and you tolerate the ramen lol. Ippudo in Japan was reserved for when I lived 50 meters from the one in Ebisu and was too lazy to go anywhere else.
Totally agree. Surprised to see so many people simply going to Ichiran and nowhere else. I won't call it the McDonalds of ramen, but it would be like coming to NYC and wanting a burger and only going to Shake Shack. It's fine, but it's also in like, airports.