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Chef-owner: Tsuyoshi Nishioka · Opened 2012
Opened November 2012 by Tsuyoshi Nishioka, who sold five ramen shops in Japan to open this one. The restaurant's name — 'speak your dream' — reflects his mission: after being devastated by a friend's suicide, he vowed to use ramen as a way to get people to articulate their dreams out loud. He returned to Japan in 2018 and is now training ~50 apprentices to open dream-centric ramen shops in all 47 Japanese prefectures.
Under $15 per person
Porter Square ramen shop with a single menu item: Jiro-style pork ramen — thick wheat noodles, a mountain of bean sprouts and cabbage, two slabs of chashu pork, in a garlic-fat-and-shio tare broth. At the end of your meal, you stand up and share your dream with the room. Cash only.
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1923 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140
Wed-Fri: 4:30PM-9:30PM, Sat: 12PM-2PM, 4:30PM-9:30PM, Sun: 11:30AM-4PM, Closed Mon-Tue
3 min walk from Porter
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