Ramen at Yukiguni

As a Japanese you miss certain things when you're overseas: sushi, miso soup, and ramen. Among them, I never trust eating ramen overseas. Many foreigners think that ramen is a better version of instant noodles but there's so much more to it! The broth needs to be made hours, even days in advance in the perfect ratio with all its ingredients and complex broths. The noodles need to be fresh and boiled with percision. So when my classmate told me there was a ramen place open in Geneva, I was skeptical. It is usually run by a non-Japanese person who's only had a few real ramens in his lifetime.

But this place was different, the chef is Japanese and there were neumerous certificates on the wall that cerfities him with a chef license. The menu and toppings were very simple (just the way most Japanese people like it) and the restaurant was tidy and clean.

I do have to say it's one of the best ramens I've had outside of Japan (but you also do have to understand I rarely eat ramen outside of Japan since I don't trust them). The noodles were perfect and the broth was fit to my liking. The only gripe I have is that the soup was not hot enough! But I suppose for foreigners not used to eating boiling hot noodle soup I do have to give credit to the chef for being consideration of this point. Nevertheless, I must also stress it was the most expensive ramen I ate... 22CHF for a plain shoyu ramen?! I could've gotten the exact same one near my old appartment in Tokyo for about $7!

But should I get a sudden ramen urge, I know where to go now!

Small venue but the place was packed! Shows how much ramen popularity is growing worldwide!