Fukuro Noodle Bar — Restaurant in Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

There may be a wait if you follow the Buenos Aires way of eating dinner at 10pm at this little noodle bar. That's because it's as good as it is popular. It is easy to walk by it on the street and not even notice, but the wallpaper-like stencils of Chinese figures and characters are the give away. Start with a craft beer or sake and an order of the gyoza that rival the best anywhere. Then make your way to the special of the house, the Ramin. They offer 5 or 6 combinations of broth and noodles with basic ingredients and more that you can add. You can't go wrong as they are all excellent. It arrives in a large bowl, steaming hot, with chopsticks and a big flat ladle. The broth has that perfect savory and umami blend. The sprouts are crisp and the noodles cooked just right. You can watch the crew in the open kitchen making everything with the intensity of a fire drill. Take your time and enjoy it. You're in Argentina, where the clubs don't open until midnight and the dancing starts a 2am! Bring cash because they don't take...

Picante spice tends to be a fairly foreign concept to many porteño restaurants around Buenos Aires. However, if you are in want of a good sweat and sinus cleanse, Fukuro can serve your need. The Taiwanese-Japanese fusion offers a gradation of dishes ranging from the classic ramen with hot (caliente) broth, all the way to hot (picante) Tom Yum style dishes with many variances, accompanied by conceivably delightful additions. While some may say the noodles don’t fit their narrow definition of ramen noodles, the thinness (or thickness for that matter) does not take away from flavor, presentation, or edibleness of these apparently “inauthentic” but delicious conceptions. The ingredients by all accounts, are all freshly sourced. The cook of the chashu pork is perfectly firm enough to be picked up by chopsticks (even by patrons less practiced in the art), but tender enough to melt in you mouth. An order of gyoza or bao to whet your appetite before the meal is an absolute...

If you’ve been to Japan or are a seasoned Ramen eater, this is a mediocre place. As others wrote, the soup lacks richness. It’s not deep and that’s what Ramen is all about. The Gyoza are steemed which is not traditional and so is not the sauce that comes with them.

The place is not nice (shaby shick) but this is how many ramen places look like.

Service is very slow. It takes ages until you get your Ramen and I don’t know as to why as in theory the only thing to be cooked at the spot are the noodles which should be very quick (in Japan you can be in and out in 15min).

People queued to get in there. For me the only reason might be because its not that expensive or because it’s new and stylish because it can’t be the food.

Sorry guys. You are okay for the people who have never eaten much ramen which is okay, but if you aim higher you need to improve your game which I think you can do...