Tenjou was on my list for a while.

This is a neighborhood ramen shop headed by Fumihiro “Foo” Kanegae, who is a renowned ramen master and executive chef known for creating hundreds of ramen variations.

When we ate at Ogawa, we were talking to the restaurant manager in Miami, and he said his old friend ran this restaurant in NYC.

As a huge fan of ramen and tsukemen (i.e., dipping noodles), I enjoy trying to find all the good tsukemen.

Back in 2012 and like Ippudo, this was supposedly another must-try ramen place that was highly raved by the NYC food scene.

For a free night on the way back from work, I stopped by this semi-new tsukemen place.

I remember a few years ago before the pandemic, TabeTomo was a very new tsukemen centric restaurant, and it was always on my try list.

My partner on a late Saturday evening was planning to get some food with their friend, so that means I can venture out on my own.

Kajiken is located a few streets south of Bryant Park.

I’ve been to Tsurutontan a few times already in various locations including Union Square and Midtown next to Rockafeller Center.

EAK Ramen is located on 6th Ave close to 14th.

The Kyuramen restaurant chain has been slowly making its way throughout the greater NYC area.