Kenzoku Mazesoba

Kenzoku Mazesoba on Park Drive specializes in brothless noodles, with sauce and toppings mixed through the bowl before eating. The menu takes that idea in several directions, including tan tan, shoyu, curry cheese and mentaiko cream mazesoba. If your usual ramen order is mainly about the noodles, this gives them more of the meal to themselves.

Rice bowls and sushi rolls widen the choices, while takoyaki and Japanese sausage offer smaller additions. The restaurant is at 506 Park Drive, beside the Boston University South Campus area. It works for one bowl on your own or a meal with a few shared starters. Read the individual descriptions before ordering: the sauces, toppings and level of heat vary considerably between bowls, even though they share the mazesoba name.