Serious Eats: New York
Momofuku Noodle Bar's Ramen, Dissed
As noted over on the Serious Eats homestead, ramen blog Rameniac crowned the city's "Kings of the Bowl," with top ramen props going to Setagaya and Ippudo, but definitely not to Momofuku Noodle Bar.
"Overhyped, overpriced and blessed by Iron Chef Morimoto in what has got to be the most flagrant abuse of ranking of since the BCS screwed up college football, Momofuku is a gentrified abomination of a ramen shop with food peddled to New York diners who really ought to know better."
Rameniac is referring to this notorious Grub Street post, when Morimoto ranked Momofuku in the tip-top, but conveniently, a certain David Chang was right next to him. Says Serious Eater Michele Humes (who, in this case, goes by her street name m.Hu.): "fo’ sho’. the ‘fuku serves flabby, oily ramen."