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It's Worth the Line at Urban Ramen in Midtown Detroit -- Metro Times

September 05, 2018, 8:19 AM


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Walk by the relatively new Urban Ramen restaurant at 4206 Woodward Ave. in Detroit's Midtown at certain times and you're likely to see a line out the door. 

Tom Perkins of Metro Times writes that he's places with lines often haven't been worth the wait. But this is the real deal, he concludes:

There's a bit of a dearth of high quality ramen in metro Detroit (though it does exist), and Urban Ramen helps address that. It's Midtown's only fully Japanese restaurant, which co-owner Kohei Robert opened this summer. His first shop became a fixture in Los Angeles, and Robert previously told me he opened here because he fell in love with Detroit while visiting family and friends.

What's most notable is Urban Ramen's rich bone broth — a deep, deep, absorbing broth that's complex and slightly creamy with tiny pools of oil glistening on the surface. It holds bouncy noodles made in house that are slightly firm, cling to the soup, and taste how only fresh noodles can.


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