Konjiki is doing something that I haven’t had in a bowl of ramen before. They are preparing their pork topping sous vide style. If you are unfamiliar with this method, check out this primer. I was really looking forward to trying this place because I wanted to try their clam shio ramen. Shio broths are …
I was craving a bowl of miso this weekend and figured I would check this place out. It’s located near several other quality shops that I’ve written about here and here. This miso was great. It was a bit sweeter than I’m used to. I think that’s from the all vegan broth that would be …
Ippudo is bringing the hakata style ramen to San Francisco. I love this style. This style is a creamy and almost frothy rich pork broth paired with thin and hard noodles. I’m anticipating their Santa Monica location opening soon. I already checked it out and I think it should be getting close to opening. Since …
This was a place that several of my ramen nerd associates recommended that I check out when I visited SF. They specifically recommended because of it’s traditional dashi. I ordered the house ramen “Hinodeya Ramen”. It’s traditional Japanese dashi soup. Whole wheat noodles made from bonito, kombu, and scallops. The toppings are chashu pork, menma, …
A couple of weeks ago I made my first chashu. I was really impressed and excited to realize that it wasn’t hard at all. The process was really simple. I used a combination of advice from my wife and following instructions from ramen at home book. I’ll let the video do the talking…. In my …
I ordered the 10 piece chashu ramen. You can tweak the tonkotsu broth by requesting it come white, black (adding black galic oil) or spicy (choose from 3 levels of spicy). I went with the white. They provide you with thin straight noodles. Mine came hard, because I requested hard cooked noodles. I’ve had the …
I was invited to a soft opening for a new ramen shop in Oceanside CA. Oceanside isn’t the first place you’d think a ramen shop would work. But, I think it will work. Especially for those folks who have spent all day surfing just down the street. A bowl of noodles will hit the spot. …
I came here with my friend Rich. He’s a good dude and loves ramen. He also has a badass camera that takes amazing photos. I’m jealous of it. He was gracious enough to share his photos of dinner with me so that I could post here. Tsujita has 3 noodle establishments on Sawtelle Blvd and …
Parking in the street is a challenge. Especially at peak times. Pro tip, park at the parking garage for Michaels craft store. It’s just south of all the action, it’s free, and should save you the hassle of trying to find street parking. Or you can just Uber to that area. On the Web @ http://tsujita-la.com/menu-annex.htm …
Update as of August 2020. This location is closed. Yamadaya has several locations in the LA area. Their “Factory” location is in Torrance. Check it out…. They open at 11:30 on Sundays. We arrived early and even knocked on the window since it was few minutes past 11:30 and they still hadn’t opened their doors. …