Danbo Ramen — Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City

I've never been to Japan. But if I were, I bet the ramen would taste like this one. They let you customize the broth flavor, noodles stiffness and spicyness. I took egg flavored ramen, stiff(not the extra) noodles and medium flavor and medium spicy paste. And some gyoza polish my experience. Oh boy, was it a treat! And I've eaten my share (tons) of ramen in SEA and Europe. The middle flavor broth is as rich as I'd expect from usual ramen place back home or in chain restaurants. Thin noodles with chewy texture, mmm. Just the right level of spicyness(close to none). Egg does not spill or fall apart immediately when you grab it with chopsticks, explodes with flavor in your mouth instead.

I am sad I am leaving tomorrow, otherwise I'd come back to try full /rich flavor and extra hard noodles. Gyozas were good and fresh and burnt just right, but nothing wow. Ramen raised the bar so high.

Staff is very helpful and attending, and they have this funny way of ecoeing the order and hello/goodbye throughout the establishment, feels very different.

Restaurant was full of Asian people, almost all looked confident when ordering, so might be authentic Japanese, and this folks know a good ramen. Place is not high-end, no need to dress up, shorts and flip-flops are fine.

On the sad note aka 'be prepared': portion is rather small by 'big fat western dude' standards - default toppings are 1 egg and 2 pieces of meat. But they have an option for extras or there is a 'chashu' ramen which I believe has more meat in by default.

I would recommend to owner to highlight restaurant name on the door or sign. It's not clearly visible. I was standing there between 2 restaurants with clear names and could not figure out 'is this The Danbo place,...

Ok you will need to manoeuvre through the hordes of ladies offering you various forms of massage to reach this restaurant. And you will find that using google maps the location set in very narrow streets will test your patience and tracking skills. Once found , you will be highly impressed by the busy efficient staff, and knocked out by the flavours of the dishes presented. The Spicy Ramen was as the name implies, wondrously flavourful, and the menu and ordering sheet allows you to customise the strength of chilli and the texture of your chosen Ramen. The Ramen was very well presented and tasty, complete with plenty of extra condiments to make your eating experience absolute top level. Coupled with the Chicken pieces, again beautifully presented with crunchy batter, and washed down with the requisite Sapporo, this place is now my goto restaurant, when visiting JapanTown. The prices for both food and drinks were very reasonable, and an unusual bonus was the jug of iced water with no hard sell on Alcohol or soft drinks. This Restaurant is easy to HIGHLY RECOMMEND to...

A wonderfully authentic, quaint little ramen store, chock full of cozy decor. The highlight was inexplicably the customization of ramen that is typically only avaliable in Japan. ( Thinness, stiffness, strength of broth, amount of spring onion )

What you can expect from a typical bowl of tokotsu ramen is an intensely rich broth steeped full of flavor and aroma, bouncy noodles, and fatty succulent pork. The tare of the broth was packed full of flavor and it is evident the broth was cooked for an ample amount of time. The juices and the fattiness of the broth coated the slick noodles perfectly and was a match made in heaven.

Much to my delight, free toppings included beansprouts and minced garlic, one of the only stores I encountered so far do reminiscent of Japan. The service was nothing short of excellent with our orders coming out fast and the servers attending to our every need immediately. Tucked away in the easily navigatable 'Japan ' alley Ho Chi Minh, this ramen shop is the epitome of a hidden gem.

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