Michelin Food Under $10

I know we've posted some of these before, but they are always fun to find in an expensive city like Tokyo. We ate lunch today at Nakiryu, the second ramen restaurant in Tokyo to get a Michelin star. The ramen was fabulous. Totally different from other ramen we've had, this was somewhat spicy, with ground sausage in it and covered with scallions and fresh cilantro. We're beginning to appreciate how good really great ramen noodles can be. They open at 11:30 and we got there about 10:45. There were already about 20 people on line and this tiny restaurant has just 10 counter seats. I wouldn't do this normally because it was an hour and a half wait, but we're on vacation so we figured what the heck. It was worth the wait. No English spoken here and you order from a machine inside the restaurant with nothing but Japanese on it. But there's always a way to make things like this work. Never let a language barrier stand in your way! The machine spits out a small ticket for each item and you hand them to the cooks. One bowl per person because so many people are waiting. $7.50 US per order. Loved this place.