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I've been to Wasabi several times, I've tried quite a few other ramen places in the city and every time I wonder why I bothered because you just know …
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I always stop at Portillo's when I visit Chicago. They have the best Chicago dog. Be brave & get all the toppings - it's a lovely combo. Not my favori…
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I've been to many ramen places in Chicago. Wasabi was my top one in my mind! Been there three times and each time I was happy with the food and servic…
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Ramen Wasabi is open for Casual Dining. Ramen Wasabi serves Asian, Japanese, Sushi and Ramen dishes. Incorrect or missing information? Make a report, or claim the restaurant if you own it!Details
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8 Reviews on “Ramen Wasabi”
I always stop at Portillo’s when I visit Chicago. They have the best Chicago dog. Be brave & get all the toppings – it’s a lovely combo. Not my favorite hot beef by far – the bread is always half soggy & half stale (even though I don’t get it dipped) and flavor is lacking.
I’ve been to many ramen places in Chicago. Wasabi was my top one in my mind! Been there three times and each time I was happy with the food and service they provided.The menu has quite different ranges of food starting from appetizers to grilled skewers, from fresh sashimi to all sorts of maki/nigiri rolls, from ramen to rice dish. You can always find something you like.The oyster shot had no alcohol in it. It was more like a ceviche with raw oyster, fish roe and quail egg. Tasted really fresh and smooth.The chicken skin skewers was my favorite since I did enjoy the burnt chicken fat smell as well as the chewy but delicious skin. The other skewers were not bad either, recommended to order few and share.The all sorts of different flavors of sushi roll were really nice too! Fresh ingredients with a little bit traditional/creative ideas. Perfect for sharing as well.As I said, you have to try the ramen! The soup was not salty at all(not like other places) and tasted so good, it was seasoned perfectly! The poached egg was in perfect condition with runny but custard like centre. The pork belly was so tender and full of flavor…I just love everything about this ramen! Wasabi could be pretty busy during dinner time and weekends, recommend make advanced reservation if you can. Hope you will like the ramen and other food there like I do 🙂
This is probably the best ramen I’ve ever had. I prefer pho to ramen just because I love a good broth and ramen broth is often very salty. But not this one.The ramen noodles were cooked to absolute perfection–just the right amount of chew/texture.The tonkatsu broth was delicious and didn’t make me want to down several glasses of water right after. I still think about it from time to time and have been craving it ever since. The egg was also perfectly soft-boiled and every component just went together so well.We also got the agedashi tofu and the pork belly buns. The tofu was delicious and very well made. The pork belly was a little too sweet for me and more like pulled pork than pork belly slices. Not bad but not great.I will certainly be back for the ramen next time I’m in Chicago!
Wasabi:. Wasabi is one of the few Japanese owned Japanese restaurants in Chicago so I had some high hopes for a good bowl of ramen. This tiny casual spot fills up in a flash and does not take reservations. Get here by 5:30 if you dont want to wait on a Saturday. Also, BYOB.In addition to ramen the menu offers a variety of sushi and small plates such as seaweed salad, pork buns, grilled skewers and tempura. The Tonkotsu ramen has a 40+ cooking process made with kurobuta pork from small farms in Iowa. I really wish they served a ramen flight because I wanted to try each kind. We decided on:Inhaling the aroma and taking your first slurps of the Tonkotsu Ramen (made with pork bone) . you can feel your body thanking you for giving it this beautiful mix of rich and buttery pork broth and noodles with Berkshire pork belly and a soft-boiled egg bobbing happily in the soup and topped with marinated bamboo shoot, scallion, sesame, black wood ear mushroom and garlic oil.As a spice lover the sinus clearing chili pepper of the Spicy Roasted Garlic Miso Ramen was my favorite of the two. We ordered the Aburi Kakuni which is braised and torched pork belly to add extra intensity to the pork broth, soft-boiled egg, marinated bamboo shoot, bean sprouts, sesame, scallion, roasted garlic, garlic chips, chili pepper and nice slick of sesame oil.Shoyu (soy sauce flavor) ramen and miso ramen (miso mixed into the broth) are the two other types of ramen offered. You can also add spicy umami as a flavor booster for two dollars.I never like to pass up a dumpling and the House Made Dumplings were a mix of pork and vegetable pot sticker with sesame dipping sauce and soy dipping sauce perfectly chewy and tender inside.This is the ultimate comfort food and the place to come this fall and winter to nurse a cold, warm up and enliven your senses. aliciatasteslife.com
Excellent – go there often. A rare japanese restaurant actually run by japanese. The sashimi quality seems better than most normal sushi restaurants. The Hotate Avo (Scallop Avocado) roll is my favorite and the amount of scallop in the roll is very generous. The Tonkotsu Ramen is the best noodle dish Ive had in the US (I am Japanese and lived there until my 30s) and big enough for 2 or 3 people to share. I havent tried everything there, or man y of the non japanese items on the menu, but my advice is to order lots and share, and $25-$30 per person will allow you a filling meal of excellent quality. This is not the every block sushi restaurant to stuff yourself on rolls but a great place to enjoy a full meal with some variety.
Bad Customer service, bad food. The portion of the dishes there is extremely small. The manager there apparently don’t care about it at all. I spent over $50 there and walked out hungry.
Horrible food. $12 for six tiny pieces of maki rolls? $9 for three bites of ceviche? I should have taken a pic of it. Please save your money and eat somewhere else.