ramen lapel pin!
We proudly present…the ramen lapel pin! Let the world know about your unhealthy obsession with ramen! Only $4.95 ea. plus $1 shipping (for up to 2 pins)! Introductory offer: buy the pin before October 31 and get a dollar off! Only $3.95 each! Buy one for all your friends! (Please note that clicking on the...
ramen rating: cup noodles souper meal
Ah yes…good old Nissin Cup Noodles. If you like Cup Noodles, you’ll enjoy the Souper Meal. It’s basically just an oversized Cup Noodles, with a special packet of “finishing touch flavor enhancer,” which sounds both scary and interesting at the same time. It smells like a packet of beef bouillon mixed with plenty of MSG....
ramen rating: shinsengumi hakata ramen – fountain valley, ca
Shin-Sen-Gumi is a restaurant chain in Southern California that features hakata style ramen in a tonkotsu broth. They also have a robata restaurant next door. Both places are always packed so be prepared for a wait. Upon entering the tiny (seats maybe 20 people) restaurant, you’ll be greeted with a loud chorus of “irrashai-imase” (welcome!)....
ramen rating: ebisu mendokoro – fountain valley, ca
I’ve been going to Ebisu ramen for around 20 years now, so when my wife recently asked me why I haven’t reviewed them yet, all I could do was give her my best deer-caught-in-headlights look. Ebisu Mendokoro is owned by the same company that owns the Ebisu supermarket and the Bon Marche bakery in the...
miles and miles of ramen!
For those of you who watch Unwrapped on the Food network, check out the Cheap Eats episode for a segment on Maruchan ramen. Fun tidbit: Maruchan produces 81 million miles of noodles per year!
ramen rating: orenoryugi seaburaninniku
This is yet another “stamina-type” (garlic) tonkotsu ramen. See the pink packet on the left? That’s a full packet of minced raw garlic. Yum! The garlic and soup is actually mild, and not too garlicky, but flavorful. It’s quite good. The noodles are a bit on the doughy and hard side, but also flavorful. There’s...
“the Ramen Girl” movie
Brittany Murphy will be starring in a movie called the Ramen Girl. The movie will be a romantic comedy about a girl who ends up training to be a ramen chef after being dumped and stranded in Tokyo. Filming is scheduled to start in September. More info here and here.
ramen rating: myojo ippeichan garlic miso tonkotsu
Ho-ho-ho, ok I’m reviewing this special winter edition in May. It’s a garlic miso tonkotsu flavor, quite interesting. The noodles are skinny and a tiny bit hard but decent. The soup was really interesting…there wasn’t a dominant flavor, and the garlic flavor is pretty mild, but it’s good. It’s like a nice rich broth. Overall...
ramen rating: myojo ippei-chan
This is a decent ramen. Thin noodles that’re a bit bland but ok. The soup is a shoyu base and also just ok. There’re small slices of garlic, which is nice if you like garlic like me. There’s also some corn, a few bits of bamboo shoot, and a few slivers of onion. It gets...
ramen-making machine
Do we really need a machine that probably took an ungodly amount of time to make when all it does is pour hot water into a bowl of instant ramen? You bet! Click on the picture above to see the amazing video! via make blog
ramen rating: yamachan tonkotsu
This one is kind of interesting. It’s a kaedama kyushu hakata style ramen. Basically it includes a extra serving of noodles per soup packet (the “kaedama“). The noodles are the skinny hakata style, and though I prefer thicker noodles, these had a nice texture to them. The tonkotsu soup was decent but not extraordinary. This...
ramen rating: yamachan shoyu
In a nutshell, this is a very average ramen. The noodles are nicely chewy, though they have a tendency to really clump together and become a too-hard-to-chew mess. The soup is just so-so. I can only give this a 5.5 (half point off for the clumpiness factor).
ramen rating: mentatsu – costa mesa, ca
Mentatsu ramen house opened recently in Costa Mesa, near the Mitsuwa plaza. It’s a tiny place with a nice atmosphere. Everyone from the chef to the wait staff greet you when you come in. Well then, right on to the food. I ordered fried rice, shoyu ramen, and gyoza. The fried rice was nicely done...
ramen rating: ryowa – berkeley, ca
I’ve been looking forward to trying Ryowa in Berkeley, and I recently just had the chance to go up there. I’ve read a lot of good reviews from various web sites and I have to say…I’m disappointed. I had the Ryowa ramen even though I was sorely tempted by the shoyu ramen. The sesame soup...
ramen rating: “pork bone flavor”
Right to the point…this ramen wasn’t good. The noodles were bland, and a bit soft. The soup was really tasteless. It gets a 4.
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