Miami / South Florida, FLRamen

Ichimi's Coral Gables counter centers its menu on ramen with springy noodles and carefully built broths. Miami New Times and The Infatuation both highlight the tonkotsu, loaded with pork, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, and egg. The casual room works equally well for a solo bowl at lunch or a low key dinner.

Dumplings Mi Amor is a downtown lunch counter where ramen shares the menu with handmade dumplings. The Infatuation notes the shoyu bowl, the Sapporo with fried vegetables and ground pork, and a mushroom vegetable option. Its compact setup and direct service make it especially suited to a quick midday bowl in the central business district.

A small Brickell counter The Infatuation calls the home of Brickell's best ramen, working long into the night with bowls built on rich pork broth. Miami New Times reviewed it critically as far back as 2012. Order a tonkotsu bowl, and go late.

Good Chef serves ramen in a small Sweetwater dining room decorated with faux cherry blossoms and anime figures. The menu moves among Japanese, Korean and Chinese dishes, and the ramen noodles are long and slippery. Order a bowl of ramen alongside the char siu pork belly bao for the combination the review singles out. The Asian market next door gives you a place to browse if the handful of booths and tables are full.

Ohho Noodles Market is a Coral Gables noodle house near the University of Miami with ramen amid a wider menu of Asian soups. Miso ramen with pork and egg is one draw, and the wider noodle selection makes this an easy stop for a group splitting between styles. Order the miso bowl if you want a straightforward ramen choice.