"Hailing from the city of Kitakata, this Japanese chain has a busy local outpost in Hoffman Estates. The signature shoyu ramen is soy sauce-based and made with pork, while the flat wide-cut noodles are “hand crumpled” in-house, giving them a distinct texture. It’s all topped off with slices of chashu, braised pork belly marinated in soy sauce. There’s another location in Lombard." - Naomi Waxman