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Don and Ramen at Tampopo
Spicy for reals. Down in Gardena and Torrance, it’s hard to turn a corner without spotting a ramen shop. So when my coworkers and I set out for some Hakata Ramen Shinsengumi and found the line to be...
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A Bowl of Awesome at Daikokuya
It’s like the inside is outside. In all my time living in LA I had one major failure. Well maybe more than one failure, but one of them is not making a trip to Daikokuya. Fortunately, that ramen spot...
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Asian Fusion at Grit & Grace
Kinda like dim sum. EDIT: Grit & Grace is now a noodle bar, but I’m guessing it is just as delicious as before. While some parts of the country might have Asian fusion around every corner,...
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Slurping Ramen at Slurping Turtle
Can you do the tan tan? A great ramen is hard to find. Good ramen, not so much, but great yes. So when Slurping Turtle in Chicago got so big that they decided to open up an outpost in Ann Arbor, I...
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A Solid Bowl at Orochon Ramen
View from the top. It’s pretty well-known that Little Tokyo is now home to some of the best restaurants in LA. One of these is better-known for their spicy ramen challenge perhaps moreso than how good...
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Betting on Black at Tamashii
So hot right now. What do you do in Pasadena when it’s 100 degrees outside? Surely not ramen in an un-air conditioned restaurant. Right? Wrong. You see, sometimes you just need ramen and sometimes that...
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All About That Skull at Ramen Tatsunoya
Perfection. Pasadena isn’t exactly known for being at the forefront of the food world. Often a restaurant finds success elsewhere in LA and decides Pasadena is a good outpost for a sequel. You could...
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Porked Up Japanese at Momofuku Noodle Bar
A ramen of many colors. In the world of ramen, Los Angeles generally dishes out some of the best in the country. Yet, New York may have produced one of the most famous. Momofuku Noodle Bar is by no...
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A Shady Bowl of Ramen at Umami
Such a combo! Arizona State University is home to about 90,000 students, and while they don’t all go to the main campus in Tempe, that is unbelievably massive. So, I figured they had to have some good...
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Ramen Hood’s Grand Opening
Nommin’ on some ramen. When I left LA to move to Phoenix I had one major concern. No, it wasn’t the heat in the summer, it was the lack of ramen. You see, LA spoils you with a lot of Asian food, but...
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