Lunch’er Michael Reports: Ronin’s Ramen
Last week Clay reported that Negi Ya, which was once Washoku Cafe, is now Ronin. Lunch’er Michael checked in today with this report…
I work on West 37th near 7th, which is pretty much what ML considers “out of bounds” (to which I take umbrage, given the delicious gems near me, but that’s another story) but the reality is that we do indeed lack several delicious fixtures. (Editor’s Note: 37th and 7th is totally in bounds! Our boundaries are usually 8th Ave. to the West and 32nd to the South.) Ramen being one of them – Totto and Hidechan are out of range for my closely monitored 1-hour lunch break.
As such, getting word of Ronin the other day (on 37th btw. Mad+5th) was like sunshine breaking through rain clouds. Don’t get me wrong, I’m surrounded by wonderful Chinese noodle soup opportunities, but it’s not ramen. I used to work downtown near Men Kui Tei, which is as good as it gets outside of Mitsuwa over in Edgewater, so I’ve been craving it ever since I started working in midtown.
I made my way to Ronin and ordered the tonkatsu ramen – it has it good points and its bad points.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 11:45 am, May 25th, 2011 under Washoku Cafe.