samurai soba
So it’s not a ramenya, but what a cool place. via japan talk
ramen rating: nidaime tsujita ramen, take 2
I left Tsujita Ramen on Saturday kicking myself for not having tried the ramen. That night, while catching up on Facebook messages and blogs, I realized what a mistake I made. Egged on by rameniac and Go Ramen’s thumbs up, I managed to make a trip back during early dinner hours on Sunday, when the...
ramen vending machine
I gotta say, it doesn’t look all that appetizing, but wait for the surprise at the 3:45 mark. A bowl of ramen in under 30 seconds, and all for just 300 yen! via Japan Probe
ramen rating: nidaime tsujita ramen – costa mesa, ca
Yawn…(stretch). What a nice day. Cool, fall weather…lazy, big, puffy clouds floating across the sky. It’s a perfect day for ramen! Mitsuwa is having another food fair, and I’m in the mood for tsukemen (dipping noodles). The down side of lunch at Mitsuwa is the crowd, and boy, not only was it crowded today, but...
mitsuwa “tasty stuff” gourmet fair
Mitsuwa supermarket has a “tasty stuff” gourmet food fair starting this week in select locations, and they have…you guessed it: special ramen guests. Torrance and New Jersey get a special visit from Nantsuttei, bringing their tonkotsu mayu (pork bone sesame oil) ramen “simmered for 24 hours and features rich, creamy and no distinct strong smell...
ramen rating: komaoka ramen – costa mesa, ca
Sorry folks. I’ve had a long day and I wanted to get this done in a hurry so people will still have a chance to try it. You’ve got one more day to get to the Mitsuwa Hokkaido food fair if you want to try out Komaoka Ramen’s karamiso (spicy miso) ramen. It ends Sunday,...
mitsuwa hokkaido food fair
It’s time for another Mitsuwa food fair. This fair features food from Hokkaido and guest stars two ramenyas: Ramen Shingen with their “KokuMiso Ramen” (black miso ramen), simmered for over 100 hours (!). Available at: Mitsuwa Torrance: Thurs. to Sun., 9/16 to 9/19 Mitsuwa New Jersey: Thurs. to Sun., 9/23 to 9/26 Komaoka Ramen, and...
ramen preview: kappa ramen – anaheim, ca – closed
What in the world is going on? Suddenly, within the last month or two, a half dozen or so new ramenyas have opened in Southern California. Have my prayers been answered? Will ramen shops eventually outnumber Starbucks? Unlikely, but I can hope, can’t I? Over a year ago, I found out about the existence of...
ramen rating: ramen mottainai – gardena, ca
One fine Saturday morning, as we discussed our plans for the weekend, my wife suddenly declared that “today’s ramen day! You’re going to eat nothing but ramen today!” Wait, what? Did I win the lotto? Am I dreaming? I guess all my recent whining about wanting to try some new ramen shops paid off. Of...
ramen happening links
There’s been a lot of ramen happenings in Southern California lately, some exciting, some maybe not. As the weather is starting to cool down, ramen is heating up! Rameniac covers Studio City’s Ramen Jinya. Ramen Mottainai in Gardena is tripled teamed by Exile Kiss, Go Ramen, and Rameniac! Happy Cup jumps into the food truck...
ramen rating: shizuma ramen – irvine, ca
There’s nothing quite as exciting as finding out a new ramenya is opening in your city, except for finding out that it’s now open! Woohoo! Shizuma Ramen is located in a typical non-descript strip mall probably best known for a popular pho restaurant a few doors down. There’s seating outside, and the interior has a...
imitation noodles
I’m not quite sure what it is that makes them imitations (the ingredients are “wheat flour, water”)…or wait! I got it! Since noodle is singular, only ONE of the noodles is an imitation, and you just gotta find it. Good fun.
ramen rating: la-men – buena park, ca
I noticed La-men springing into existence maybe a month or two ago on the way to a friend’s house. At first, my first instinct was to make fun of it. “La-men! Ha! They can’t even spell it right!” But later, when I found out it was actually run by Japanese people, I was intrigued. My...
mitsuwa food fair
This weekend and next weekend is Mitsuwa Supermarket’s “Explore diverse flavor of Japanese Cuisine” fair, with specialty ramen, of course. First up is Ramen Tatsunoya (House of the Dragon), making a return engagement with their pork-and-water-only tonkotsu ramen. If you missed their first appearance last year, you owe it to yourself to try it out...
ramen rating: breadbar ramen yatai – los angeles, ca
Trendy ramen comes of age in L.A. at BREADBAR (apparently, they don’t believe in lower case letters). Bakery and…well, “bread bar” by day, BREADBAR turns into a pop-up ramen yatai (food stand) serving “gourmet street food” by night and features guest chef Kazuo Shimamura from Ironnori Concepts. Their ramen selection ranges from the classics (shio,...
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