It’s finally happening. L.A. is getting a gourmet ramen truck, courtesy of Rokyo gourmet ramen. On the menu are a pork broth (tonkotsu?) and a mushroom broth ramen with “organic noodles made fresh everyday.” You get your choice of meat/mushroom toppings and plenty of accoutrements. I’m not much into organic, healthy eating, but for this,…
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 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…
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,…
pop-up ramen
L.A. hipsters rejoice. The 3rd St location of BreadBar is turning into a ramen popup restaurant. From June 8 to July 24, 5-10pm (except Sundays), BreadBar will be offering a ramen yatai (food stall) menu, featuring standard shio, shoyu, and miso ramen as well as specialty ramen such as ox tail and foie gras ramen.…
ramen rating: yukino ya ramen – city of industry, ca
Have you been to Wonton Forest? Have you heard of Sapporo-Ya? How about Yukino Ya Ramen. There must be some sort of bad luck associated with this place, because Yukino Ya is the 3rd restaurant to be at this location in the past year. I happened to be in the area a week ago during…
ramen rating: tatsunoya ramen – torrance, ca
A busy schedule and a bout of whininess (“it’s hot”…”it’s so far”…”my stomach feels funny”) almost stopped me from going to the Mitsuwa Kyushu & Okinawa Fair this weekend. But a combination of reading some positive reviews from bb’s (“blogger buddies”) Go Ramen, Waseda-ramen, and Exile Kiss this morning and a craving for mackerel sushi…
catching up on a sunday links
Even the L.A. Times likes Ramen California So why haven’t you tried Ramen California yet? Stick a Fork In It reviews “the Ramen Girl” Everyone is still wild about Ivan Ramen SF Gate writes up Ramen House Ryowa The Hour interviews Andy Raskin, author of the Ramen King and I Ramen in a Box is…
ramen rating: ramen california – torrance, ca
I’ve always had an instinctive aversion to “experimental” type restaurants. Over the years, I’ve managed to associate terms and phrases like “fusion,” “nouveau,” “a new take on x,” and “inspired by y cuisine” with chefs who’ve never quite managed to figure out the essential essence of the cuisine he or she is trying to replicate.…
another mitsuwa ramen fair
Chibakiya is coming to Costa Mesa with their Shina Soba! 6/4(Thu) – 6/7(Sun) Costa Mesa Store 6/11(Thu) – 6/14(Sun) New Jersey Store Just in time! I’ve been having cravings for hanjuku eggs recently. And if you prefer miso ramen and/or live in Torrance: Ezo Fukuro will be there with their Miso Butter Corn Ramen 6/4(Thu)…