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小ラーメン / Shō Ramen / Ramen Jiro Tachikawa — Tachikawa, Tokyo
Tonkotsu-shoyu soup is milder compared to some Jiro shops, with medium emulsification. House-made thick flat noodles are served slightly softer than average. Topped with pork chashu, grated ginger, boiled cabbage and bean sprouts.
Ramen Jiro Tachikawa first opened in 2008... More
小ラーメン / Shō Ramen / Ramen Jiro Tachikawa — Tachikawa, Tokyo
Tonkotsu-shoyu soup is milder compared to some Jiro shops, with medium emulsification. House-made thick flat noodles are served slightly softer than average. Topped with pork chashu, grated ginger, boiled cabbage and bean sprouts.
Ramen Jiro Tachikawa first opened in 2008 before closing from 2014-2018. The shop reopened once before closing again in 2020. In 2023 it was announced that they would opened again with a new master chef. Master Yoshio-san mainly trained at Ramen Jiro Ichinoe before also working at Ramen Jiro Tachikawa, Sengawa and Sakuradai branches. 12 seats. Renewal from January 29th, 2023. Less
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- Abram Plaut added a new meal Dinner at 上海小吃 at Shanghai Xiaochi (上海小吃)
担々麺 / Tantanmen / Shanghai Xiaochi — Shinjuku, Tokyo
The soup stock uses chickens, pork bones and tongues. Medium-thin straight noodles are cut long. Finished with bean sprouts, garlic chives and ground pork. Pickled vegetables and wood ear mushrooms, spicy prawns on the side.
Shanghai Xiaochi is a late-night Chinese restaurant, specializing... More
担々麺 / Tantanmen / Shanghai Xiaochi — Shinjuku, Tokyo
The soup stock uses chickens, pork bones and tongues. Medium-thin straight noodles are cut long. Finished with bean sprouts, garlic chives and ground pork. Pickled vegetables and wood ear mushrooms, spicy prawns on the side.
Shanghai Xiaochi is a late-night Chinese restaurant, specializing in Shanghai cuisine but also serving dishes from Sichuan and Hunan. Over 30 types of seasonings and spices are ordered directly from Sichuan and the cooks (all Chinese) have over 600 dishes in their repertoire. The menu features rabbit meat, frogs and insects. The restaurant is famous for serving Shanghai hairy crabs shipped in from China during the season (Oct-Nov). Run by long-time shop manager Reiko-san, who is from Shanghai and got her Japanese name from regular customers. Open until 5am. 80 seats. Since 1993. Less
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豚骨ラーメン + ブラックデビル + つけ麺 / Tonkotsu Ramen + Black Devil + Tsukemen / Hakata Ikkousha Little Tokyo LA - Los Angeles, California
Hakata style tonkotsu pork bone soup. Noodles made in a company factory. Topped with pork chashu, green negi and wood ear mushrooms. Black Devil comes with garlic oil and housemade chili paste.... More
豚骨ラーメン + ブラックデビル + つけ麺 / Tonkotsu Ramen + Black Devil + Tsukemen / Hakata Ikkousha Little Tokyo LA - Los Angeles, California
Hakata style tonkotsu pork bone soup. Noodles made in a company factory. Topped with pork chashu, green negi and wood ear mushrooms. Black Devil comes with garlic oil and housemade chili paste. Tsukemen served with tonkotsu-gyokai soup, menma, onion, nori and lemon.
Hakata Ikkousha first opened in 2004 in Fukuoka, Japan. Founder Kousuke Yoshimura was born in Fukuoka and worked at a gyoza restaurant for two years before teaching himself how to make ramen. The company now operates roughly 40-50 stores worldwide, with three locations in Los Angeles. Hakata Ikkousha Little Tokyo LA open since 2017. @ikkoushaca Less
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- Abram Plaut added a new meal Dinner at 中国料理 梅林 at Meirin
麻婆めん + 牛肉ソース焼きそば / Mābomen + Gyuniku Sauce Yakisoba / Meirin — Gotanda, Tokyo
Mābomen consists of shoyu ramen topped with mābo tofu. Sauce Yakisoba is the most popular item, ordered by most customers. The sauce is a double shoyu blend, the noodles are steamed before being fried. There are 17 types of yakisoba and 20+... More
麻婆めん + 牛肉ソース焼きそば / Mābomen + Gyuniku Sauce Yakisoba / Meirin — Gotanda, Tokyo
Mābomen consists of shoyu ramen topped with mābo tofu. Sauce Yakisoba is the most popular item, ordered by most customers. The sauce is a double shoyu blend, the noodles are steamed before being fried. There are 17 types of yakisoba and 20+ other noodle and rice dishes, including celery soba and ebi cha-han.
Meirin is a famous machi chūka style Chinese restaurant in Gotanda, now open for over 55 years. The founder and original master Yukimasa Kojima is still in charge, he is a veteran chef with over 50 years of experience cooking Chinese cuisine. His son, Kazuki Kojima, has now taken over as the second generation owner. 50 seats. Since 1968. Less
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豚骨ラーメン + ブラックデビル + つけ麺 / Tonkotsu Ramen + Black Devil + Tsukemen / Hakata Ikkousha Little Tokyo LA - Los Angeles, California
Hakata style tonkotsu pork bone soup. Noodles made in a company factory. Topped with pork chashu, green negi and wood ear mushrooms. Black Devil comes with garlic oil and housemade chili paste.... More
豚骨ラーメン + ブラックデビル + つけ麺 / Tonkotsu Ramen + Black Devil + Tsukemen / Hakata Ikkousha Little Tokyo LA - Los Angeles, California
Hakata style tonkotsu pork bone soup. Noodles made in a company factory. Topped with pork chashu, green negi and wood ear mushrooms. Black Devil comes with garlic oil and housemade chili paste. Tsukemen served with tonkotsu-gyokai soup, menma, onion, nori and lemon.
Hakata Ikkousha first opened in 2004 in Fukuoka, Japan. Founder Kousuke Yoshimura was born in Fukuoka and worked at a gyoza restaurant for two years before teaching himself how to make ramen. The company now operates roughly 40-50 stores worldwide, with three locations in Los Angeles. Hakata Ikkousha Little Tokyo LA open since 2017. @ikkoushaca Less
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- Abram Plaut added a new meal Dinner at 一番飯店 at Ichiban Hanten
特製上海焼きそば / Tokusei Shanghai Yakisoba / Ichiban Hanten — Takadanobaba, Tokyo
Chūka style ramen noodles are covered in shoyu based ankake sauce. Wok-fried toppings include two types of shrimp, squid, asari clams, chicken, shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms and green vegetables. Cha-han, shoyu soup on the side.
Tokusei Shanghai... More
特製上海焼きそば / Tokusei Shanghai Yakisoba / Ichiban Hanten — Takadanobaba, Tokyo
Chūka style ramen noodles are covered in shoyu based ankake sauce. Wok-fried toppings include two types of shrimp, squid, asari clams, chicken, shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms and green vegetables. Cha-han, shoyu soup on the side.
Tokusei Shanghai Yakisoba was originally made at the special request of regular customer (and Astro Boy creator) Osamu Tezuka, whose office was located nearby the restaurant. The dish is now a famous permanent fixture on the menu. Run by master Yamamoto-san. 33 seats. Since 1952. @ichibanhanten.official Less
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- Abram Plaut added a new meal Dinner at 神楽坂 at 中華麺 多文
中華麺 / Chūkamen / Chūkamen Tamon — Kagurazaka, Tokyo
Shoyu soup contains pork leg bones, niboshi and vegetables. Multiple types of dried fish are used including katakuchi iwashi, hirako iwashi and urume. Melted pork lard forms a protective heat insulator at the surface of the soup. Medium width wavy noodles supplied by Sankō Shokuhin. Topped... More
中華麺 / Chūkamen / Chūkamen Tamon — Kagurazaka, Tokyo
Shoyu soup contains pork leg bones, niboshi and vegetables. Multiple types of dried fish are used including katakuchi iwashi, hirako iwashi and urume. Melted pork lard forms a protective heat insulator at the surface of the soup. Medium width wavy noodles supplied by Sankō Shokuhin. Topped with pork chashu, menma, naruto, negi and nori.
Master Ikoma-san worked in the fields for nearly 30 years before becoming a chef. The bowls he creates are an homage to the legendary shop Eifukucho Taishōken. He also runs the popular Kagurazaka yakiniku restaurant with the same name (Tamon). 10 seats. Since September, 2021. @chukamentamon Less
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Hakata Ramen + Spicy Dandan Men + Yaki Ramen / Shin-Sen-Gumi Hakata Ramen Little Tokyo - Los Angeles, California
Hakata Ramen soup contains 100% pig heads, cooked over three days. Noodles are special ordered using an original recipe, made with purified soft water. Toppings include pork shoulder chashu, green negi, red ginger and sesame.
Owner Mitsuyasu... More
Hakata Ramen + Spicy Dandan Men + Yaki Ramen / Shin-Sen-Gumi Hakata Ramen Little Tokyo - Los Angeles, California
Hakata Ramen soup contains 100% pig heads, cooked over three days. Noodles are special ordered using an original recipe, made with purified soft water. Toppings include pork shoulder chashu, green negi, red ginger and sesame.
Owner Mitsuyasu Shigeta is from the island of Tokunoshima, he opened Shin-Sen-Gumi Gardena as a yakitori restaurant in 1992. Shin-Sen-Gumi Hakata Ramen Gardena and Shin-Sen-Gumi Chanko Gardena both opened four years later in 1996. The company currently operates 15 restaurants total, almost all of them in the Los Angeles area. Shin-Sen-Gumi Hakata Ramen Little Tokyo since September, 2011. @ssg.restaurant.gr Less
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- Abram Plaut added a new meal Dinner at Ramen Nagi USA at Ramen Nagi
Halloween King / Ramen Nagi - Palo Alto, California
Soup consists of tonkotsu pork bone broth and kabocha squash puree, finished with black garlic oil. Noodles are made at a company facility using purified water and squid ink. Toppings include pork chashu, roasted kabocha, pickled carrots, pumpkin seeds and radish sprouts. Limited menu only available... More
Halloween King / Ramen Nagi - Palo Alto, California
Soup consists of tonkotsu pork bone broth and kabocha squash puree, finished with black garlic oil. Noodles are made at a company facility using purified water and squid ink. Toppings include pork chashu, roasted kabocha, pickled carrots, pumpkin seeds and radish sprouts. Limited menu only available from October 27th-31st.
Satoshi Ikuta founded Ramen Nagi in Shibuya, Tokyo in 2004, after first training at multiple Hakata style ramen shops for 10 years. The company now operates several ramen brands and around 40-50 restaurants worldwide, most of them in Asia. Ramen Nagi Palo Alto is the first of four U.S. locations, open since 2018. @ramennagiusa Less
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- Abram Plaut added a new meal Dinner at 菜苑 at Saien
正油ラーメン + ぎょうざ / Shoyu Ramen + Gyoza / Saien — Kameido, Tokyo
Old school Tokyo chūka style pork and chicken shoyu soup, served with diced negi. Medium-thin straight noodles, topped with pork chashu and menma. House-made gyoza on the side. The liver rice bowl is also quite famous and ordered by many customers.
Saien originally... More
正油ラーメン + ぎょうざ / Shoyu Ramen + Gyoza / Saien — Kameido, Tokyo
Old school Tokyo chūka style pork and chicken shoyu soup, served with diced negi. Medium-thin straight noodles, topped with pork chashu and menma. House-made gyoza on the side. The liver rice bowl is also quite famous and ordered by many customers.
Saien originally opened 50-60 years ago in Asakusa during the Shōwa era, closing in 2018 before reopening as 'New Saien' in 2019. This Kameido branch opened shortly after the original Asakusa shop. Family run, 18 seats. 50+ years. Less