Never seen a ramen shop here. I lived in California for 22 years then Utah for 9. Strangely California has a lot of different ethnic foods (everything from Armenian to Thai) but no Ramen shops that I ever knew.

Ramen in the US is just the instant packages for sale about $.15 a package. Just imagine how awful it is if it's only worth $.15! I bought some Japanese instant ramen at an import store. It was very good.

For me, I just add egg to mine. I'll either beat the egg first and put it in, or just add 1 whole egg and mix it in. Either way it tastes the same.