Ramen is a pretty simple, straightforward dish. Cook some Chinese wheat noodles, serve it in a meat-based broth, top it with sliced meat and vegetables, garnish with dried seaweed and green onions. Despite our craze for ramen noodles here, in Japan the dish is more of a casual fast food — you can literally find shops selling it around every corner.
So if one of them becomes the only ramen eatery in the world to actually have a Michelin-star, you know it's real good.