Recent Posts Tagged With 'shoyu'

• ramen rating: chibaki chuukasoba

  Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 00:53 in shoyu, bowl cup ramen

  If you’re in Torrance this weekend, you can stop by Mitsuwa to try the real Chibakiya ramen. The rest of us can settle for the bowl ramen version of their chuukasoba. Seems like a poor substitute, doesn’t it? We’ll see… The...

• ramen rating: chibakiya - costa mesa, ca

  Posted on Saturday June 6th, 2009 at 18:53 in shoyu, ramen shops, oc ramen

  For a limited time (until tomorow), Chibakiya is at Mitsuwa supermarket again, this time at the Costa Mesa location. On the menu this weekend: their famous shinasoba! The Costa Mesa Mitsuwa gets ridiculously crowded at lunchtime, especially when the...

• ramen quick review: santouka ltd ed awase aji ramen

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 19:43 in shoyu, miso, ramen shops, shio, oc ramen

  Santouka Ramen recently offered a limited edition, and very tasty toromi shoyu ramen, so when I found out they were offering another limited edition ramen…guess where I was this morning? The ramen offered this time is an awase aji ramen (liter...

• ramen quick review: santouka toromi shoyu

  Posted on Sunday March 1st, 2009 at 18:35 in shoyu, ramen shops, oc ramen

  Mitsuwa Japanese supermarket was having an “anniversary festival” so the wife and I went to check it out, not realizing that Santouka ramen (located in the Mitsuwa food court) was also having a special. On 2/26 to 3/1, and also next week ...

• ramen rating: ichiza

  Posted on Sunday January 25th, 2009 at 00:09 in shoyu, miso, ramen shops, lv ramen

  Las Vegas. Sin city. The city of glittering towers. Where every casino outdoes the last in size, opulence, and sheer luxuriousness. Where every celebrity chef worth his or her Food Network credentials race to bring you their latest and greatest twis...

• ramen rating: umemura (and the ramen summit)

  Posted on Saturday January 24th, 2009 at 20:25 in shoyu, ramen shops, l.a. ramen

  After many failed attempts to get together, Keizo, Rameniac, and I finally found time in our oh-so-busy schedules to gather for our 1st Ramen Summit (Well, Keizo called it a Ramen Round Table, but I prefer the “the fate of the ramen world is a...

• ramen rating: foo foo tei

  Posted on Sunday October 12th, 2008 at 23:59 in shoyu, ramen shops, l.a. ramen

  Located in a seemingly deserted neighborhood and housed inside what looks like a liquor store in a not-so-good neighborhood, Foo-Foo Tei is the unlikely ramen hotspot of San Gabriel Valley. Foo-Foo Tei has been on my radar for a while, and since the...

• ramen rating: marutai goma shoyu stick ramen

  Posted on Wednesday August 13th, 2008 at 00:16 in shoyu, other instant ramen, stick ramen

  A few months ago, I tried and reviewed Marutai’s shoyu tonkotsu stick ramen. The next day, I tried this goma shoyu version. No, you didn’t wander into a time warp. This is simply laziness at work. On to the review! Like the shoyu tonkot...

• 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...

• ramen rating: maruyu

  Posted on Wednesday June 11th, 2008 at 00:52 in shoyu, ramen shops, oc ramen

  Located across from a power station and nestled in a tiny plaza with really only a Donut Star and a bunch of small businesses as neighbors, Ma Ru Yu is in the running for worst location for a new ramenya. The restaurant is homey, with simple decorat...

• ramen rating: kujiraken shinasoba ramen

  Posted on Saturday May 17th, 2008 at 23:59 in shoyu, ramen shops, oc ramen, bay area ramen

  Have any of you ever woken up in the morning and thought: hmm…it’s going to be 99 degrees today…what a great day for a nice steaming hot bowl of ramen! Since Mitsuwa Supermarket decided to hold their Gourmet Food Fair on the hottes...

• ramen rating: santouka, take 2

  Posted on Sunday March 30th, 2008 at 17:09 in shoyu, miso, ramen shops, shio, oc ramen

  More than one person has taken me to task for not trying the tokusen toroniku (choice fatty pork) ramen at Santouka. Interestingly, not one of my friends think Santouka is very good. But then again, none of them have tried the toroniku either. So ...

• ramen rating: togoshi ramen

  Posted on Sunday March 23rd, 2008 at 22:05 in shoyu, ramen shops, lv ramen

  Off the Vegas Strip, away from the 99-cent shrimp cocktails, the iron chef restaurants, the all-you-can-eat buffets, things become a bit quieter and less boisterous. Drive a few miles away, and you’ll come across a quiet strip mall that could ...

• ramen rating: kohryu ramen, take 2

  Posted on Sunday March 23rd, 2008 at 19:16 in shoyu, ramen shops, oc ramen, tonkotsu-shoyu

  Kohryu Restaurant has gone through not only a change in ownership but a complete remodel since my last review. After their grand re-opening in January, I thought I’d give them another try. We arrived in time for a late lunch, hoping there̵...

• ramen rating: king car shoyu

  Posted on Thursday March 13th, 2008 at 00:23 in shoyu, bowl cup ramen

  Agh!! Get it off of me! Getitoffofme! — oh, sorry… Ahem…this is the kind of instant noodles that gives people nightmares. In the interest of saying something useful besides just warning people from this travesty, I find it interest...