Wasabi is one of the few Japanese owned Japanese restaurants in Chicago so I had some high hopes for a good bowl of ramen. This tiny casual spot fills up in a flash and does not take reservations. Get here by 5:30 if you don’t want to wait on a Saturday. Also, BYOB.
In addition to ramen the menu offers a variety of sushi and small plates such as seaweed salad, pork buns, grilled skewers and tempura. The Tonkotsu ramen has a 40+ cooking process made with kurobuta pork from small farms in Iowa. I really wish they served a ramen flight because I wanted to try each kind. We decided on:
As a spice lover the sinus clearing chili pepper of the Spicy Roasted Garlic Miso Ramen スパイシーローストガーリック味噌 was my favorite of the two. We ordered the Aburi Kakuni which is braised and torched pork belly to add extra intensity to the pork broth, soft-boiled egg, marinated bamboo shoot, bean sprouts, sesame, scallion, roasted garlic, garlic chips, chili pepper and nice slick of sesame oil.
Shoyu (soy sauce flavor) ramen and miso ramen (miso mixed into the broth) are the two other types of ramen offered. You can also add spicy umami as a “flavor booster” for two dollars.
Alicia Tastes Life 
I love this place! Wish I lived closer so I could go more often (like every day)!
I would too! Especially in the winter.