Looking for a big, hearty meal on the fly? Swing by Kushibar in Belltown for a bowl of ramen at a picnic table. Kushibar specializes in Japanese street food, and there’s nothing quite as “street” as a bowl of ramen. Unlike Japan’s ramen shops, however, Kushibar takes special care to offer a tasty vegetarian option: Its enoki ramen is egg noodles in a vegetarian broth with enoki and shiitake mushrooms, asparagus, bean sprouts, corn and green onions. A bowl of ramen at lunchtime is just $8. Kushibar also offers soy sauce, miso, tonkotsu and shio, or salt, ramen. While most ramen in Japan is served in a soup that’s half to two-thirds pork-based, Kushibar’s house ramen uses a two parts chicken, one part pork soup that creates a lighter taste. Traditionalists will find plenty to like here, too, whether for lunch or at the end of a night of drinking in Belltown.

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Kushibar’s picnic-style dining room is reminiscent of those cozy little eateries under the train tracks in Japan. The house ramen, pictured above, features noodles in a chicken and pork broth, braised chashu pork, sweet corn, egg, sprouts, roasted seaweed  and scallions.

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