Ichiran
Running out of the ramen restaurant to eat its instant version seconds afterwards on the street is the kind of reporting you won’t get anywhere else.
Japan’s famous tonkotsu ramen chain makes dreams come true with instant cup noodles 20 years in the making.
Strap on your VR headset and get set for a virtual visit to tonkotsu ramen specialist Ichiran.
Recreating all the restaurant’s famous touches, including the serving of food from behind the bamboo curtain.
The tonkotsu pork broth ramen specialists branch out into new territory for foreign customers.
Ignore friends and loved ones and concentrate on the important thing in life, ramen, with an Ichiran flavour-savour counter.
Ramen chain is committed to stellar customer service through all parts of the digestive cycle.
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