by: Abram Plaut
AKA The ramen Beast
The Ramen Beast has eaten at 2,000+ ramen shops (and counting) over the past 15 years living in Tokyo, Japan, including close to 300 in 2018.
He previously held jobs reviewing ramen for Japanese Weekly Playboy Magazine and on a variety of TV programs.
In 2016 he co-founded Ramen Beast, a free app dedicated to making the ramen scene more accessible to non-Japanese speakers.
The Ramen Beast’s top 50:
Homemade Ramen Muginae
Takano
Michi
Ramen Kanekatsu
Menya Ittō
Toshioka
Shibata
Tomita
Niboshi Ramen En
Nonokura
Ramen Sugitaya Chiba
Shigure
Sakurai
Mensho
Benten
Hoshino Chuka Soba
Nakiryu
Trick
Ramen Toki
Tantan
Shokudou Shichisai
Ramen Sugimoto
Shibasakitei
Niboshi Soba Ru
Ramen Kintoki
Menson Rage
Chuka Soba Shinagawa
Miyamoto
Honda
Butaboshi
Shinka
Morris
Koukaibu
Ramen Gottsu
Toy Box
Chuka Soba Ibuki
Tantantei
Manriki
Kuroki
Sansanto
Menya Kissou
Hototogisu
Kinryu
Ramen Yamaguchi
Kikanbo
Mizukaze
Hayashi
Kujira Shokudo
Motsuke
Torikoku Chuka Suzuki