Recommended bowl: Curry Ramen

This super old-school style shop first opened in 1960, in Harajuku, eventually moving to a new location in Ebisu in 2010. A very nondescript shop from the outside. If you aren't looking for it, you could easily walk right by. Open just a few hours a day, and usually closing when the ingredients run out. Simple nostalgic Chinese style stir-fried dishes and no-frills ramen. Customers either go with the shoyu ramen and fried rice on the side, or the curry soba, a bowl of ramen topped with a large scoop of Japanese style curry.