ICHIRAN Tenjin — Restaurant in Fukuoka

You can expect a small line that moves quickly. There is a machine where you make your initial order, and it has an English option. You can tap to pay if your cc allows. Once lined up, you'll get a page, also with English. You can customize your order. If you're with others, they will reasonably tru to seat you together but honestly, it's best enjoyed as a solo experience.

At your little counter space, there is a personal tap for water and a privacy screen for after they serve you. If you need to communicate but don't want to talk, there are bilingual wood blocks that include one to indicate it's too noisy.

The raman is delicious and served hot to your specifications. Which, if you're like me and prefer firm noodles, garlic, and strong dashing flavour, it will...

Pretty much eat and go. It is made for individual eating. This place, you order and pay on a touch screen before grabbing a seat. I find it nothing really special besides their famous name. You can choose how well you want your noddles, they let you choose up to one clove of garlic to add, the spicy level (if you can handle your spicy, then the hottest they have is not even hot. The regular size is about the size of an American small bowl or you can get their set which includes extra noodles. The service is absolute awesome, once you give them your tickets and the questionnaire then it comes out in five...

This was the only ramen house I went to in Tokyo, because my brother, who is a very, VERY choosy eater tried it on our third night in the city (we had sushi and eel the other two nights before) and decided that from that point on, this would be the place we would be eating every meal, every day. Three bowls of ramen later, and the rest of us have had enough of the, admittedly excellent, 350 yen noodles and wanted to try all the other options that this city had to offer. But I digress. If a bowl of noodles has the power to captivate by brother for 3+ meals, it has good chance of...