Nothing like Ramen for comfort food

Fine dining is fine and nice but there's always the comfort staples that one refers back to--after all, fine dining is only fine because it's a treat.

There's nothing like a hot bowl of ramen filled to the brim with umami, rich broth and topped with goodies like an egg with a gooey centre and fatty chewy pork. Best of all it's fast, its cheap and there's no decorum or waiting to be had. There's no insecurity with eating alone either though I rarely do now, but hubby did point out--it's perfectly acceptable to be eating a bowl of ramen by yourself (earphones in ) elbow to elbow with a stranger. Maybe that's a key to why there seems to be an increase in popularity for ramen places--lots of singles needing a place to eat out by themselves.

Regardless of the number of ramen places that's sprung up, Genkotsu is my go to place for ramen. This hole in the wall place serves a great variety including black garlic ramen and has great little bonuses you can order on the side like boiled egg, karrage other than the usual gyoza. You can even take him some broken down char siu for $1.00 incase you want more at home. Compared to some other places that serve just noodles with a few slices of meat (cough Hakataya) or anywhere you'd have to wait 20minutes plus for your meal (cough Ramen Champion) --it's a sure winner for a quick mid week meal.

Ramen (forgot which one) extra side of char is and eggs