"Buta" is pig or pork in Japanese, in this case, thinly- sliced tender pork and "shoga" is ginger, the main. marinade, along with mirin, sake and shoyu.

Ramen is typically classified by broth flavor, with three especially common categories: shoyu (soy sauce), shio (salt), and miso. A fourth, tonkotsu, references the broth's base ingredient, not flavor.

Our buta kakuni is a rich tonkotsu broth infused with. miso, serves tsukemen noodles, chives, garlic, beansprouts and ground pork. Drizzled with chili oil. and dashes of chili powder for a hint of spice.

While there are many good, humble bowls of shio out there, many ramen chefs see this as the most difficult type of ramen to make, since they can't rely on incredibly flavorful miso and soy sauce to provide the dimension their broth might otherwise lack.