Meat heavy – batu means pork – the Mega Buta Ramen includes spicy ground pork, pork charshoo, and pork katsu in a tonkotsu broth, which is also pork based. While Maru offers one of the more impressive and broad varieties of both vegetarian and vegan options, this dish is for sure not one of them.

Gyukotsu ramen turns out to be rare even in Japan, though it apparently has some popularity in the Tottori Prefecture, located in the southern part of the country.

It's steeped for hours. There's no denying that a standout aspect of Tonkotsu ramen is its strong flavour. Pork bones are steeped in the broth for hours on high heat, turning the collagen from the bones into delicious gelatine.

Hakata Ramen is a type of ramen that originated in the Hakata disctrict of Fukuoka, and is part of the Tonkotsu type of ramen noodles. With a rich porky taste combined with thin noodles, this style of ramen is incredibly filling and almost criminally delicious.