Technically this a chuka soba, which is slightly different from a “regular” ramen because the noodles are lower in far and not fried in oil before they’re packaged. The noodles are super skinny, and a bit bland and not very “chewy.” The soup is a decent shoyu flavor. Overall, this gets a 6.r,
ramen rating: tokyo tsukemen
Our local Marukai is having a regional ramen sale. This is supposed to be a Tokyo tsukemen but I don’t really taste anything special. Tsukemen is an odd ramen where the noodles are served seperate from the soup. Tokyo tsukemen is supposed to be cold. You dip the noodles into the soup like you would…
ramen rating: torigara shoyu
This chicken shoyu ramen is pretty average. Skinny noodles. So-so soup. Corn, onions, and a slice o’ the traditional mystery meat. It gets a 5.
ramen rating: wan tan men
Wan tan men with shoyu flavored soup. And piggy naruto (fish cake slices)! The noodles are so-so. They soup is decent. And there’s a few pieces of won ton and assorted goodies. It’s not the best ramen in the world, but it’s fun! It gets a 7.5 (bonus half point for the piggies).
ramen rating: king car
Well, it’s not *horrible*…but that’s about the best thing i can say about it. Skinny tasteless noodles. Bland soup. It comes with some seaweed bits and such. I guess it gets a 3.
ramen rating: menya kitakata
Mmm…back to the shoyu ramens. This one’s not bad. Slightly wider and chewy noodles. Soup’s decent. There’re bits of onion and maybe 3 whole pieces of shinachiku, and the obligatory mystery meat. Overall it’s pretty decent. It gets a 7.
ramen rating: hirauchimen
This is different. Hirauchimen to dashisyoyu…flat-made noodles with pork bone shoyu soup…more or less. (Trivia: the kanji for pork in Japanese is the kanji for dolphin in Chinese!) This was pretty good! It doesn’t taste like a “typical” ramen. The noodles are flat and chewy and the soup is pretty tasty and rich. There’s a…
ramen rating: gattsu men
Whew! Garlic garlic garlic. The noodles are average and kind’a limp. The soup is so-so and garlicky. Lots of little pieces of thin-sliced garlic. Actually, the garlic flavoring is pretty mild. Pretty boring ramen overall. Be prepared to smell like garlic when you’re done. I give it a 6.
ramen rating: kentaro
This ramen is not bad…not bad at all! The noodles are chewy, and the soup is mild but flavorful. It’s a “chicken flavored shoyu” soup base. The meat, if you can call it that, is wafer-thin mystery meat with a funky coarse texture. Overall I give it a 7.
ramen rating: kouraku – los angeles, ca
drove all the way up to little tokyo for this. our first choice was daikokuya, which got rave reviews on assorted web sites, but unfortunately it’s closed temporarily on sundays. we ordered the shoyu ramen with a half order of chahan (fried rice), and an order of gyoza. the atmosphere was ok…nothing really special. the…
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very…ordinary but in a decent way. the meat is the typical poor excuse for a sliver of meat in these instant ramens…but it’s…slightly…spicy? …iiiiiiinteresting…well it’s not great but it’s not bad. it gets a 5.
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tonkotsu-shoyu soup…i think the instant noodles that’re tonkotsu based are all pretty flavorful…yeah, i probably should’ve realized it earlier…this one has good soup and good noodles…the meat brings it down though…chewy and veiny…i give it a 7…8 without the meat.