Ramen Ryoma

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Ramen Ryoma
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Exterior of the Ramen Ryoma location in Portland, Oregon, 2023
Restaurant information
Owner(s)Yoshinari Ichise
Food type Japanese
CountryUnited States; Chile
Website ramenryoma.net

Ramen Ryoma is a Japanese restaurant chain with locations in the United States and Chile. In the U.S., the restaurant operates in the Portland metropolitan area and in San Diego, California.

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Description

Ramen Ryoma is a Japanese restaurant with multiple locations in the United States and Chile. The Beaverton, Oregon restaurant is attached to a Uwajimaya store and serves shio, shoyu, and miso broths, as well as chashu pork, pan-fried pork gyoza, and kurobuta sausage. Ramen Ryoma's menu has also included corn butter miso ramen, spicy umami ramen, Japanese style-curry housemade egg noodles, [1] sushi and sashimi, [2] takoyaki, [3] and yakitori. [4]

History

Oregon

Vegetable spring rolls at the downtown Portland restaurant, 2022 Ramen Ryoma, SW Portland, Oregon (2022) - 2.jpg
Vegetable spring rolls at the downtown Portland restaurant, 2022

Chef and owner Yoshinari Ichise opened the original Ramen Ryoma in Portland in 2016. Plans to open a restaurant on Southwest Morrison Street in downtown Portland were announced in 2021. [4] [5]

California

The first San Diego location opened in Kearny Mesa in 2018. [6] The restaurant also operates in Pacific Beach (since late 2018) [7] and Hillcrest. [8] [9] The Kearny Mesa location closed in early 2021. [10]

Reception

Rebekah Gonzalez included the Hillcrest restaurant in iHeart's 2021 list of "Where to Find the Best Ramen in San Diego". [11] In 2022, Krista Garcia and Ron Scott of Eater Portland said Ramen Ryoma is a "worthy [place] to get a Japanese noodle fix in Beaverton". [12] The website's Seiji Nanbu and Janey Wong included the restaurant in a 2022 overview of "Where to Find Knockout Ramen in Portland and Beyond". [13]

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