Try authentic ramen in Tokyo

“Walking to Tsukiji fish market one day, I could not help noticing a stall along the busy sidewalk, that had a continual line of customers, an awesome looking chef blanching yellow noodles while spooning in ladles steaming hot soup, and customers slurping their bowls down from standing tables on the sidewalk. It was one of those instant restaurants I had to eat at, no matter what the status of my stomach was. At Chuka Soba Inoue they serve wonderful classic bowls of shoyu ramen that include a good pile of yellow ramen noodles, four slices of pork, with some leek and sprouts to garnish. Add your own scoop of raw minced garlic on top, and you’ve got a hot bowl of ramen that is sure to satisfy your belly. The atmosphere, along the busy sidewalk, is superb as well. It’s one of the few street food stalls where you can eat an entire meal in Tokyo.”

“Hmm, before this trip, I think my preference was thick/paitan tsukemen, but now it could be shio. Most of the bowls are shio/shoyu because I think Tokyo does does styles well as they are the most popular there. If I went to Sapporo or Fukuoka, I would definitely eat more miso and paitans. For thicker style from my list, I'd recommend Tomita, gonokami, and afro beats, but I'd check recs from people live in Tokyo for more comprehensive suggestions, like nama or ramenguidejapan. The bowl from issou was just not good. It was comparable to some instant ramen I've had in the US”