There be a restaurant in olde London’s Soho that doth bear a suspicious resemblance to another, one just down the road and around a corner. If imitation is a sincere form of flattery, what do you call it when a noodle shop gets even its *ahem* homage slightly wrong? Ramen Seto is all washed out in orange paint, or 
Mention Daruma Ramen within earshot of anyone from Fukuoka, and you’ll likely get an enthusiastic thumbs up for a ramen shop a bit off the radar but unanimously beloved by the locals. 7 and i Holdings now feature Daruma instant tonkotsu ramen, 
ramen california remixed: vegetarian ramen (finally!) and noodling for purists
Full disclosure. This is flagrant shilling. Well, almost. Firstly, because the folks at Ramen California did in fact contact me recently to explain that celebrated chef Sean Nakamura had finally started experimenting and introducing new items to the already stellar menu, but secondly because the little tasting I was invited to partake in really was fantastic. We’ve seen glimpses of Nakamura-san’s vision in the months since the restaurant first opened; their long-standing “preview menu” featured a controversial California ramen which health-conscious slurpers loved and ramen traditionalists were quick to dismiss.
