Ramen : Zundo-ya in East village

Ramen could be said a new fashion in New York as well as in Asian countries.
I found a TIME OUT's article about  the new opening of a ramen restaurant in East village in NYC.
Actually, I didn't know the name of the restaurant, Zundo-ya.
But, the shot of a bowl of ramen in the article looked good, and made me to decide to go there.

The restaurant was so crowded that I became sure it's good.
This is the ramen that I ordered.

It had very rich soup made with pork and authentic noodles of Hakata style ramen.
I liked it.
I ordered Karaage that is Japanese fried chickens and Gyoza.
They were so good.

There were two guys coming to my next, who were likely vegetarians.
And they asked a staff if they had any vegetarian ramen.
The restaurant had a vegetarian ramen, but it was cold ramen.
So the guys were considering that, they decided to go out without any order.

In my opinion, one of the important things that makes ramen perfect is its broth.
The broth is usually made from pork meat and bones or fish.
So it is food far from vegetarians.
I think It's a challenge for ramen chefs to make beautiful vegetarian ramen.

Anyway, their ramen was worth eating for non-vegetarian, and good for vegetarian if you don't mind cold ramen.
(I'm not sure if it's good as I didn't eat it, but sometimes I eat cold ramen especially in summer.)
This is the first step to come into the United States market for the restaurant that was founded in Himeji that is close to Osaka in Japan.
I wish them a good luck.