Dallas' 10 Best Bowls of Ramen
Thanks to a seemingly unstoppable food trend, ramen is no longer those disgusting packets you subsisted on in college. Iterations of the Japanese staple dish have been showing up on menus across Dallas for the past few years, especially as chefs like David Chang drove the dish to national prominence. Now there are entire restaurants in Dallas that are dedicated to crafting the city's best bowl of ramen noodles. 
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Whether you're looking for a straightforward ramen house or a menu with a little more variety, these 10 bowls of ramen are perfect for curing a hangover or the common cold, especially as we head into the cooler months of the year. Some of these bowls are less traditional than others, but they're all delicious.
Chef Teiichi Sakurai's One Arts Plaza hotspot Tei-An is unanimously the city's best Japanese restaurant, which means that it makes a damn fine bowl of ramen. Sakurai is known for his expertly made soba noodles, but he's no slouch at pulling ramen. The perfectly balanced tonkotsu broth gets its rich flavor and texture from slow-cooked pork bones, and a sprinkling of white pepper and chile oil are all you'll need to create what our food critic called his favorite bowl of soup in Dallas.
Kathryn DeBruler Hakata
This ramen house is a relative newcomer to Addison, but it's been cranking out fresh and springy noodle bowls since opening in late July. There are at least 10 different iterations of the popular noodle soup on this menu, but each starts with the strong foundation of a pork broth that has simmered for hours, chashu and tare-soaked eggs. Kick yours up a notch by ordering the spicy ramen. The "special spicy sauce" is piquant enough to clear out your sinuses, maybe permanently.
Ramen isn't exactly something you would expect to see at a barbecue restaurant, but leave it to Chef Tim Love to find a way to make it work. A porky bone broth serves as a nontraditional but flavorful base for Love's house-smoked pulled pork, fresh chiles and a perfectly soft-boiled quail egg that is served in a bowl that would easily fit on top of your head with room to spare.
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