"Rockmeisha is one of the first places to have served Hakata ramen with tonkotsu broth. Miraculously, it reopened a few weeks ago at 351 East 14th Street, just west of First Avenue. The new place is twice the size of the previous incarnation, with a front porch and corrugated roof like a rough shack, a narrow upholstered dining room in the back, and a noodle counter in the middle where Kondo himself presides with a winsome presence as chef and owner. With the reopening of his restaurant, one of the city’s best ramens in the Hakata style persists ($18), elegant in its simplicity and unspeakably rich." - Robert Sietsema