Visually, this seasonal item from Kazan is the most unique bowl of ramen in Los Angeles. It’s rare to find blue pigment in foods naturally. If you try to create a list of foods in which blue is the naturally occurring pigment it will be a shortlist for sure. The inspiration behind the blue in …
If you find yourself in the Anaheim area and craving some unique ramen, I recommend checking out the Citrus Ramen @ Orange Tei. Orange Tei is situated on the top floor of a new and modern food court called Anaheim Packing House. These types of food courts are becoming popular. The greatest thing about these …
It’s currently Dine LA time in Los Angeles. It’s a two week event in which restaurants from all over LA put together their own pre fix menus. This allows us patrons to enjoy a lunch or dinner menu that has been hand picked by each restaurant. It’s pretty rare to see any ramen shops or …
I’ve visited the other two locations for Ikkousha. There is a Torrance and Costa Mesa location. At this third location the ramen and karaage is just as good as the other locations. This location is in the Little Tokyo area of Downtown. This place has never let me down. I’ve been to all their locations. They …
This chicken ramen is delicious. The broth is light and flavorful. They add roasted chicken breast chashu, deep fried onions, cooked bamboo shoots, hard boiled egg, and green onion. This is all served up with hard and thin noodles. My only gripe with Venice Ramen is their egg. I understand soft boiled eggs aren’t for …
[Update, as of August 2020 Okiboru House of Tsukemens Los Angeles location has closed. Another causality of Covid-19. But, they do have an Atlanta location they are focusing on going forward. Check it out.] This was the last bowl of noodles that I crushed in 2018. It’s a place that just recently opened up …
I was fortunate enough to visit Ippudo at their new location in Santa Monica during their soft opening week. They were serving their full menu. On the inside it’s a really modern Japanese style with huge windows so tons of light enters the shop. It really makes you feel like you are in Japan and …
They had a soft opening this week, and I decided to head over right after work. I got their signature ramen, aka “The Classic” tonkotsu. The broth is a little lighter pork than I’m used to. The egg was perfect. Came with plenty of thin hard noodles. They use a lot of spinach in the …
This location is a new one and is pretty close to the beach in Redondo Beach. On this visit, I tried the Ruby ramen. What makes Rakkan unique is that their broth is all vegetables. This tends to make it a bit sweeter, than say compared to a pork broth. This also makes it friendly …
If you are in Costa Mesa and have a craving for some ramen, check out Toraji. It’s inside Tokyo Central market. I found the tonkotsu to be much lighter than Ikkousha. But it was just as satisfying. Noddles are thin and hard, which definitely represents that hakata style. They are cooking their tonkotsu for 14 …