Recommended bowl: Classy

Ginzasa is located in a back alleyway in Higashi-Ginza. The shop has a dark interior, multiple tables and an open window to the kitchen, where the chefs work away, always wearing tacky trucker hats. The menu has a few options — all respectable bowls — but the recommended dish is the shio ramen. It comes with a light, fish-based salty soup; housemade shrimp dumplings, pork chashu, and thick-cut menma top off the bowl. Pro tip: Ginzasa's bowls feature a spout on the side, which you should use to pour some soup into your chashu rice side dish (ordered separately)