Ieyasu Izakaya is a long-standing Japanese restaurnat in Shanghai specializing in ramen and tsukemen with nine different soup bases and dipping sauces.

Ieyasu Izakaya is a long-standing Japanese restaurnat in Shanghai specializing in ramen and tsukemen with nine different soup bases and dipping sauces.

Yatai Ramen (南波碗屋台拉面) is a permanent ramen cart in Xuhui, serving Japanese soup-based noodles as well as localized iterations.

Kyu Hai (玖杯) is a small Japanese restaurant serving up excellent chicken broth ramen, izakaya bites, and yakitori.

Kingichi is a single-counter ramen shop near East Nanjing Road that does clean-tasting tonkotsu-based ramen soups and a fantastic pork cutlet.

Butanchu Ramen is a small ramen shop in Shanghai that specializes in Hakata-style broth — thick, rich, and porky.

Shichiton is a ramen shop in Shanghai that does truly massive bowls of thick, wavy noodles. Jiro-style ramen.

Shichiton is a ramen shop in Shanghai that does truly massive bowls of thick, wavy noodles. Jiro-style ramen.

Ramen Mitsuyoshi (满吉拉面) is an excellent ramen shop with multiple locations. This location has both chicken and pork bone based broths.

Ramen Mitsuyoshi (满吉拉面) is an excellent ramen shop with multiple locations. This location specializes in chicken-based broth.

Ramen Mitsuyoshi (满吉拉面) is an excellent ramen shop that specializes in tonkotsu, pork bone broth. The black garlic is my favorite.