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Best Curry Ramen in Chicago
“Japanese curry and ramen broth in one bowl. Hokkaido's second gift to noodle history.”
What the real thing tastes like
Muroran, Hokkaido claims this hybrid: Japanese curry roux — sweet, thick, spiced like a memory of India via the British navy — married into ramen broth until it coats the noodles like a sauce that decided to be a soup. Fat noodles hold the drag. It is heavier than miso, homier than tonkotsu, and criminally under-exported.
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Reviewers describe the drag — how the curry clings to each noodle — as the dish's engineering triumph. The comparison to katsu curry sauce is universal and affectionate, and the bowl gets filed under comfort more than cuisine, which reviewers mean as a compliment.
Order it here when it has
- clinging sauce-soup
- familiar spice warmth
- cold-night correct
- rice-add finale
Walk away when you see
- heaviest of the family
- rare outside hokkaido
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