If you’re just now starting to discover or, in some cases, “rediscover” ramen, hop on the bandwagon; we’ve got plenty of room.
When I was in college, I ate ramen to get by. I am unsure if it was ever as fancy as it is now, if it was always this way and I missed it, or if it’s just come leaps and bounds in the past few decades.
Personally, I don’t recall restaurants that specialized in ramen, but I’m almost sure they were around.
In recent months, I’ve been to a ramen restaurant in Anchorage, Alaska, of all places (Whisky & Ramen; it’s pretty good; if you’re ever on the other side of the planet, check it out), made homemade ramen, and invested in my own ramen bowls, spoons, and chopsticks since even to make it more like a restaurant but at home…