Ramen Thukpa
“They have the best dan dan noodle and tibetan hand pull noodle "Thenthuk".”
“Dan Dan Noodle – just order it, soak it up and enjoy.”
“My friends and I each had our own noodle bowls and we shared the soup dumplings and chicken momos, which were very good.”
Ramen Thukpa
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Weekday dinner delivery
Any business at this location in the past never able to keep their business but Thukpa might have a good Karma.
Roasted Duck Noodle ($11)
The practice, separating into two delivery containers, one with noodle and toppings, and other for soup is a definitely kind customer centered practice, a good karma.
I see many do that now day in the village. I truly appreciate the new change. I don't like mushy noodle that has lost a bouncy texture. I recently had that experience with Kuro-Obi takeout that was not doing it and got a mushy ramen.
The hand-pulled(?) noodle was easily cut to pieces but they were pre-cut in short length. I like long noodle to slurp up: the act creates a form and mixing with air in your mouth allowing to fully experience important contributing of a ramen's taste, structure and personality, just when we taste wine. Make a slurping noise should be a must like Japanese. But even me, I only do that at home sadly.
My favorite Chinese soup is a clean and bright chicken soup, especially with har gow (shrimp dumping). The soy flavored Duck noodle soup was similar to Japanese soba or udon noodle soup. But this soup base was with chicken broth and not from the sea but it was a tasty soup. Unfortunately, Roasted duck on the top were simply not acceptable. We got more bone than meat. You know that kind. This, this place is a 3.5 start for this time.
Bod-Thuk ($9)
The traditional Tibetan thumb pulled noodles had fantastic textures, chewy inside and smooth out side. Thumb sized noodle was flat and easy to pickup. The house special broth that came with was not so spicy even the color of the soup was spicy red. This soup base was definitely from their chicken broth and adding with chili and paprika took me to Eastern Europe.
The bell peppers, red and green, in this noodle soup infusing to create a unique flavor of that regions. This ramen might do very well in Poland where they use a lot of red bell peppers and paprika. It was a wonderful surprise.
3.5 stars
This place makes Chinese, Japanese, and Tibetan food. That's a lot of different cuisines in one place, but their strength is their soups.
They have a nice lunch specials for about $10. I had the chicken and pork bone soup with bean sprouts, bokchoy, spinach. It was just what I wanted on a cold winter day. It also comes with a small app. I had the steamed dumplings which were decent.
I also tried the soup dumplings, which were presented in a strange way. Each dumpling was placed in a tin cup. I suppose to keep the soup from leaking out? I enjoyed the dumplings but they were not exactly the Xiaolongbao that I'm used to from the traditional Chinese restaurants. However the did fulfill the craving.
Overall, good deal for a quick sit-down weekday lunch.
Some nice soups, a good place to call in for a warming lunch on a cold day.
I've been to Ramen Thukpa a few times. I discovered it empty on a Friday night, which would be questionable to some people, but I was dining alone and decided to give it a shot.
Service is extremely fast, and food is pretty good.
Cute unexpected place in West Village. I've passed by multiple times and thought it was some takeout place so I never paid much attention to it. On a simple hunt for ramen (since Ramen-Ya had a long wait time), I stumbled upon this place through yelp. Best decision ever to go here.
Upon walking in I was really surprised by how well this place was put together. It's not big – about 12 tables for 2, but it doesn't feel cramped. They also have a menu board for top things to get, great for the indecisive.
I got the dan dan ramen. It was delicious. And the touch of corn was perfect. I don't remember the ramen my friend got, but he enjoyed it!
Would definitely come here again and try their other noodles!
3.5 stars for interesting broth. My friend and I came here after NYE (hang over cure right?) and we both ordered the ramen thukpa (which also means ramen). The dish came very quickly and I was very intrigued by the soup. It has a very deep coconut flavor but yet it was so light. Reminds of a coconut based curry but definitely not as heavy. The ramen comes with boiled chicken strips. They were terribly dried and flavorless. This knocked the stars down a bit.
So good! Very non-traditional ramen, but also very tasty. Stopped in here on a lark and was super surprised at how wonderful this place is. The service was top notch and the ramen was excellent.
As an example of the excellent service–a hipster couple wandered in and one of them ordered "ramen without the noodles." While this request understandably threw the waitress for a loop, she took it in stride and did her best to make this happen for her.
The food itself was gorgeous. I had the crab rangoon as an appetizer, which far outstripped your usual take-out Chinese variety. It was crispy and the crab tasted authentic. Then I had the eponymous "ramen thukpa" for my entrée. The spices were astoundingly well mixed. Really one of the best bowls of ramen I've ever had. i was astounded!
The only really mild complaint I have is that I ordered a draft beer and the server didn't really seem experienced with working a beer tap. My pint was a third foam, which was a bit of let down. But not enough to spoil the experience.
If you're looking for great ramen in NYC, give this place a try. Especially if you want something a little different.
A complete insult to Ramen-ya culture.
They don't even have Layu!! (Seasame chili oil, a staple ingredient and condiment in any authentic ramen joint)
We were seated next to a Japanese couple, the older Japanese man was quietly discussing (I speak Japanese) how terrible the food was, but that it may pass as poor imitation ramen for westerners who don't know any better.
Westerners! Know better!
I wanted my money back. I got the DanDan Ramen and my partner got their signature ramen. Both were cheap, poorly crafted, (I mean it didn't even LOOK appetizing) flavorless ingredients (don't get me started on the grainy, dry ground beef) combined with flavorless broth.
Let's take a moment everyone.
Broth is the most important part of ramen culture!!
If you think it's even somewhat good, you have not had decent ramen. I don't mind fusion either, but this was just crap.
So far Totto has been my favorite ramen ya in NYC but I'm still hunting…