Sapporo Ramen Shishio Osaka — Restaurant in Osaka

I've lived in Japan for about two months now, and ramen has been a staple of my diet since coming here. I've made many attempts at mastering it back when I was in the US (the perfect 'Tare' proportions still elude me), and am a bit more critical of ramen than most vacationing reviewers... especially the ones who claim they've tasted 'the best' ramen after a short 4 day holiday. Hyperbole abounds.

This may be highly biased to my personal tastes in ramen (I favor rich, meaty sauces, yellow springy wavy noodles-- over the thin and limp kind of ichiran), but I would say this is the second best bowl of ramen I've had since stepping foot on Japan soil. The first best is Shingen Ramen, but that is in Sapporo.

Perfectly located near the main late-night night-life attractions, and open until sunrise! Close quarters and a bit tucked away--truly feels like a local spot. In fact a real live Osaka local came in with his friend, sat down by me then offered me a third of his beer -- and an extra chashu slice! Despite neither of us being able to speak the respective languages. Cheers to the Osakans and their infallible friendliness.

Note: I went with the spicy variation with the ground meat for 1000 yen. I cannot attest to the quality of the other ramens but I'm guessing you won't be disappointed.

Also, those with gentle stomachs beware, this is a very rich bowl of ramen and may not be best for untrained stomachs...

While the food was not too bad, it was far from the best we've had. The atmosphere was horrible, and we felt we were not treated well. My partner ordered a large ramen whilst I was not hungry, but they forced me to order something with a minimum spend of 650 yen when I was happy to order a couple of drinks instead of eating (they probably would have made more money off me that way). I understand each restaurant have their own rules, but it was hardly busy with plenty of seats available. I would not recommend, there are far more welcoming and more enjoyable food in Osaka. This experience put a very sour taste in my mouth, with what was so far an amazing trip to Japan. If you don't want foreigners, put a sign and ill happily spend my money elsewhere with absolutely zero offence. If you want to take foreigner money then at least put a damn smile on...

Estábamos buscando un buen sitio para cenar ramen, evitando la masificación de Dotonbori y las largas colas típicas de la zona. Caminando, nos topamos con un pequeño local discreto, con una máquina de pedidos en la entrada (¡se puede pagar con tarjeta!) y un cartel que decía en inglés: The King of Kings (el resto estaba en japonés), y curiosamente, bajo ese nombre no aparecía nada en Google Maps. Vimos que el restaurante abre desde las 6 de la tarde hasta las 8 de la mañana, lo cual nos pareció curioso y que no estaba enfocado al turismo. La carta no es muy larga, algo que nos recordó a otro restaurante de ramen que descubrimos y disfrutamos hace ya 9 años en Tokio. Con ese buen recuerdo en mente, nos animamos a comprar dos tickets y probar suerte. Pedimos el ramen miso y fue todo un acierto: sabroso, equilibrado y con una profundidad de sabor que nos encantó. El local es pequeño, un poco viejo, pero limpio, lo que contribuye a una experiencia íntima y auténtica. Durante la cena, logré encontrar el sitio en Google Maps y me llamó la atención que algunos comentarios mencionaban una actitud poco amigable del personal. En nuestro caso, fue todo lo contrario: nos trataron con mucha amabilidad y atención. Salimos muy satisfechos, tanto por la calidad del ramen como por la experiencia en general. Sin duda, un sitio que vale la pena si estás en Osaka y buscas algo auténtico, sin las multitudes ni el...