Rainy-day lunch watching open-kitchen chashu at Okagura Ramen, Itaewon
Okagura Ramen is a tonkotsu ramen restaurant tucked in an alley near Exit 4 of Itaewon Station in Seoul. Dining solo at the bar table on a rainy afternoon, the writer watched chashu being grilled in the open kitchen while eating tonkotsu ramen (₩13,000) and han-ip gyoza (bite-size dumplings, ₩6,000), then mashed in fresh garlic halfway through for extra flavor. The broth tasted like a trip to Japan, and the verdict was a full 100% return visit.