When an Award Wining Ramen chef runs a ramen restaurant chances are …..that the ramen is a winning bet. Umami Ramen is a build your own ramen and sushi restaurant and bar located in downtown Tempe Arizona. They offer six varieties of ramen broth and various toppings. They also offer vegan options, house bowls, sushi rolls, rice bowls, sushi tacos, drafts, sake, Japanese drinks and more!
The sign is on the side of the building.
They have an indoor-outdoor bar and patio.
Inside are booths, traditional tables, and a bar.
Today they are playing non-stop Grateful Dead Music.
Both ramens below are shio broth. Shio means salt in Japanese so shio broth are salt based. This is the most difficult type of ramen to make well because the broth doesn’t get covered up with other things like miso or soy sauce to help it out and has to be good on it’s own. It’s also the type of ramen with the most Unami.
Here’s the vegan shio with added grilled chicken, regular noodles, togarashi corn, and spicy garlic paste.
WOW! I can’t believe how flavorful this is….and it is very spicy too! This is very developed with flavors. I think I’m also getting some additional flavor and heat off of the togarashi corn. This is a really good flavor to me. The noodles are nice and chewy like they are suppose to be. They were very generous with the chicken. For me I could have made two meals out of this. But some people do eat more and can finish this.
Here’s the shio (chicken pork broth) with added pork belly and hard egg.
This one is also a very good developed broth. The pork belly also is very good and stayed crispy to the end. Noodles are also good and chewy. They offer soft and hard eggs. My husband went with a hard egg. He said it was slightly marinated.
Umami Ramen at Shady Park in Tempe AZ is-
Worth a Fork!
Umami Ramen
I have not found a working website for Umami Ramen.
26 E University Dr Tempe AZ
480-222-2244
Parking might be challenging to some because of location in downtown Tempe. Fortunately a parking garage is next door.
Every thing is subject to change.
