United Ramen

5 Reviews on “United Ramen”

• Cschuhle

  Good, but not overly impressed. I had the yankee noodle ramen and was a bit disappointed by its lack of flavour (especially the broth). On the other side, I had a can of Seaweed-infused japanese beer (blue beer), worth trying.

  April 30, 2015, 5:26 pm

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• Gerard

  I had the spicy salmon salmon ramen, my son had the Yankee doodle ramen. Both were excellent. Sat by the open kitchen and had a nice chat with the chef.

  February 28, 2015, 7:36 pm

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• Claire Matthews

  Great ramen restaurant on Upper Street, love the concept of ramen with a multinational twist and the sides were really tasty too. Go for the famous gyoza and the ribs – bite sized mochi for pudding we’re delicious too! Highly recommended for the food and vibrant atmosphere.

  February 22, 2015, 2:32 am

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• Chris Osburn

  Ramen, ramen, ramen, ramen! Talk about a soup du jour! Londoners are slurping up this Japanese dish at a decidedly trendy rate. Newest noodles on the scene are those on offer at United Ramen, where I had a right tasty meal.While there, I went with a traditional chashu pork miso ramen (Chashu pork, soy egg, menma, bok choi, beansprouts, nori, spring onions, miso and chicken bone broth with thick noodles, 9). Serving size was ample and on the drearily raining evening I visited that big ole bowl of soup really hit the spot.Behind the idea is entrepreneur with bent for East Asian cuisine, Aaron Resch, who reckons that with such a rich history, ramen is a natural platform for cultural mash-ups, which we are excited to explore alongside the classics. So called cultural mash-ups include a Yankee Doodle ramen featuring BBQ pulled chicken and as an ode to weekend pub roast a British Bulldog Roast Beef ramen chocked full of rare roast beef, mini yorkshire puddings, menma carrots, bok choi, spring onions, wasabi gravy, beef & chicken bone broth with thin noodles thats only available on Saturday and Sunday while stocks last.Rounding out the menu of classic and newly invented ramens are yummy sides such as tofu gyoza, great drinks (I was pleased to see Shipyard on the list) and fun desserts like strawberry cheesecake mochi and wasabi ice cream.Friendly service and casual but fairly buzzing atmosphere added to my experience. Its an easy place to recommend! tikichris.com

  February 10, 2015, 2:30 pm

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• Gingle Lists Everything

  You dont need me to tell you noodles are everywhere right now, what with the Shoryus and Tonkotsus (not to mention Phos), and London has just got a couple new ones Kanada-Ya and United Ramen. I was particularly drawn to United Ramen because they were doing noodle soups and shaking it up a little by serving several versions, influenced by diferent parts of the world. So they had a Yankee Doodle noodle soup with pulled chicken and sweetcorn, and they have a British-inspired version on the weekends basically a Sunday roast in soup version, complete with little Yorkshire puddings. (Not too sure about that one if Im honest.)So payday rolled around and I decided to treat Stephen and I to a quick dinner at United Ramen.You walk in to a room that kind of reminded me of a children’s nursery – chunky, funky furnishings in bright, bold colours of orange and purple. One of my favourite colour combinations. The place has personality, though one suspects the furnishings arent of the highest quality. Our table was incredibly rickety and had to have a door stop put under one side to stop it rocking about.The crockery is beautiful, in not many other places have I so admired the vessel my soup was brought in. As with most places, they had condiments on the side: chilli oil, a chilli powder, and sesame in little grinders which didn’t seem to work.I chose the Chinese-inspired spicy sichuan tantanmen, which really had no real kick to it, though a bit of chilli oil soon perked it up so that my nose was sniffing by the end of the meal. It came with minced pork sitting on top, which, though quite chunky to begin with, soon disintegrated into my broth giving it a mushy, thick texture that I didn’t really like! Otherwise, before that happened the flavour was quite nice, and fairly light. The thick noodles, were not that big, not as sizeable as udon noodles, which was great, as I don’t like them too thick.One of the best things about tonkotsu is the soy egg, in my opinion. But not here. What a woeful specimen this ovum was – no soy flavour the egg itself didnt even look marinated, and it was small, very flabby and undercooked and half crushed. Totally disappointing.Stephen had the Chashu Pork with thick noodles (Japanese inspired) and, without meaning to sound so cutting, said it was the worst ramen soup hed had. He didnt mean it was awful, he just meant it wasnt as good as at other places. And I have to agree with him. I like all the different influences they have here, which is why I wanted to come so much, but the novelty of that doesnt stand up to scrutiny. There are a lot of places doing it better.We had some kimchi on the side and also some pork gyoza to start which were both tasty enough. The portion of kimchi for 50p was particularly generous. jaminaward.wixsite.com

  January 6, 2015, 6:22 pm

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