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spicy green chili shio ramen
chicken karaage
Chashu Ramen
Gyoza
Another ramen shop in Costa Mesa's "Little Tokyo" area. This place features Kitakata ramen. Never had it before, looks promising. The signature bowl is the Chashu above. Lots of protein (or fat since it's pork belly), good thick cuts of melt in our mouth chashu. Not good for cholesterol obviously, but once a month should be ok. Broth is not as salty as the traditional ramen base. It actually has a mild sweet flavor. Not bad. Chicken karaage is the winner here. $3 for deliciously fried japanese chicken. Don't know how they get that hardy crust on it, different than other chicken karaage, thumbs up. My daughter loved the gyoza, didn't get to taste and it was half gone before I could snap a pic, that means its that good. The last bowl we got was the green chili shio ramen. It was kinda meh. Peppery spicy but the broth was too salty and had a instant noodle taste to it. Almost like something I get from 99 Ranch, it doesn't taste Japanese, more like a chinese bowl of noodles. Anyways, didn't like it, don't recommend it. The noodles for both ramen is what they claim to fame. Some sort of aged noodle. It was ok, wished it was more al dente or 'q q' like the say in chinese. We would definitely come back, get the signature cha shu, some fried chicken, draft Asahi, makes a delicious meal. Parking sucks, be patient, just squat and wait. Don't mess with the liquor store parking.
spicy green chili shio ramen
chicken karaage
Chashu Ramen
Gyoza
Another ramen shop in Costa Mesa's "Little Tokyo" area. This place features Kitakata ramen. Never had it before, looks promising. The signature bowl is the Chashu above. Lots of protein (or fat since it's pork belly), good thick cuts of melt in our mouth chashu. Not good for cholesterol obviously, but once a month should be ok. Broth is not as salty as the traditional ramen base. It actually has a mild sweet flavor. Not bad. Chicken karaage is the winner here. $3 for deliciously fried japanese chicken. Don't know how they get that hardy crust on it, different than other chicken karaage, thumbs up. My daughter loved the gyoza, didn't get to taste and it was half gone before I could snap a pic, that means its that good. The last bowl we got was the green chili shio ramen. It was kinda meh. Peppery spicy but the broth was too salty and had a instant noodle taste to it. Almost like something I get from 99 Ranch, it doesn't taste Japanese, more like a chinese bowl of noodles. Anyways, didn't like it, don't recommend it. The noodles for both ramen is what they claim to fame. Some sort of aged noodle. It was ok, wished it was more al dente or 'q q' like the say in chinese. We would definitely come back, get the signature cha shu, some fried chicken, draft Asahi, makes a delicious meal. Parking sucks, be patient, just squat and wait. Don't mess with the liquor store parking.
