Recent Posts Tagged With 'ramen reviews'

• ramen rating: tatsunoya ramen – torrance, ca

  Posted on Sunday July 19th, 2009 at 20:41 in ramen reviews, ramen shops, l.a. ramen

  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 combin...

• ramen rating: ramen california – torrance, ca

  Posted on Saturday June 20th, 2009 at 23:00 in ramen reviews, ramen shops, l.a. ramen, fusion ramen

  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 R...

• we’re 4!

  Posted on Saturday January 24th, 2009 at 18:22 in ramen reviews, ramen tidbits

  Today’s our 4th birthday! Happy birthday to us! Happy birthday to us! Happy birthday dear…ramenramenramen! Happy birthday to us! Ok, enough goofing off…time to write some more reviews! yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = "we’...

• ramen rating: santa ramen

  Posted on Friday November 28th, 2008 at 22:38 in miso, ramen reviews, ramen shops, tonkotsu-shoyu, tonkotsu, bay area ramen

  Among the unique logistical nightmares I face when traveling with a group of people is: 1. how do I trick–I mean convince everyone to eat ramen with me, and 2. how far out of the way can I coerce everyone into going for ramen? Recently, I was ...

• weird al heart top ramen

  Posted on Monday November 3rd, 2008 at 21:32 in ramen reviews, ramen tidbits

  I’m posting this new Weird Al song for 3 reasons: 1. I like Weird Al. 2. This lyric: “You like Top Ramen…need Top Ramen…got a cupboard full of ‘em, I’ll keep ‘em coming…you want it, I got it, go get it...

• ramen rating: kurume taiho tonkotsu

  Posted on Sunday September 28th, 2008 at 23:44 in nama ramen, ramen reviews, tonkotsu

  I realized after the fact that my last review was post #200. Though the majority of my earlier posts were not much more than the blogging equivalent of caveman grunts, allow me a moment to pat myself on the back for reaching a milestone, even if it ...

• autumnal equinox links

  Posted on Monday September 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 in ramen reviews, ramen tidbits, tokyo ramen

  The 50th anniversary of instant ramen was a few weeks ago and to celebrate, THAT animeblog has a great writeup of the history of ramen. CK Go Places goes to Tsukiya Ramen in Tokyo. You gotta love the signage and vibe, not to mention the ramen present...

• ramen rating: q-cup kyushu garlic

  Posted on Sunday July 13th, 2008 at 20:41 in ramen reviews, bowl cup ramen, tonkotsu, piggy naruto

  The made-in-Taiwan Q-cup ramen is a “Kyushu garlic” flavor (read tonkotsu and garlic) and features pig-faced naruto. I’ve always been a sucker for instant ramen with “piggy naruto”, though I never could figure out the r...

• ramen rating: honda ya

  Posted on Saturday June 28th, 2008 at 01:28 in shoyu, ramen reviews, ramen shops, oc ramen

  Years of disappointing experiences have taught me that I shouldn’t order ramen from restaurants that aren’t ramenyas. Too many places have ramen on their menu only as an afterthought, and ramen aficionados like me end up being bitterly d...

• we’re up! we’re down!

  Posted on Thursday January 10th, 2008 at 13:32 in ramen reviews

  As you may already know, we’ve been experiencing technical difficulties. Our web site might not load, might load slowly, or might just decide to take over your computer and show you nothing but ramen websites from now on. I really don’t ...

• ramen rating: dr noodle shiitake spinach

  Posted on Friday September 21st, 2007 at 00:31 in other instant ramen, ramen reviews

  And now, for something slightly different… I’m a real snob when it comes to ramen: I believe that only “true” Japanese ramen, instant or otherwise, should be considered “ramen.” Korean “ramyun”? Not ra...