Anime Dad wrote:

Chocolate-covered bacon? I had to go to see my son play at a gig for his music course last week: The pub only served standard hamburgers etc so I wnt for a walk and found a Japanese restaurant a mile or so away. I had the BEST chicken katsudon donburi with Japanese curry sauce!

Cool... A great stroke of luck, ne?

Lunch at Ramen California:

Chicken Curry Ramen:

Tonkotsu Chashu Ramen:

Chicken curry and noodles sounds perfect.
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bmwracer wrote:

Lunch at Ramen California: Chicken Curry Ramen: Tonkotsu Chashu Ramen:

Repeat visit. Excellent!

ramen -- the perfect solution to a cold day...

lilly_pad wrote:

ramen -- the perfect solution to a cold day...

Absolutely. It hits the spot on a cold day.

Tu_triky wrote:

Repeat visit. Excellent!

And we had the rosemary kasha bread as well... Very tasty.

But no gnocchi and sausage available.

bmwracer wrote:

And we had the rosemary kasha bread as well... Very tasty. But no gnocchi and sausage available.

Progress You tried different types of ramen and the bread. Mission accomplished.

Tu_triky wrote:

Progress You tried different types of ramen and the bread. Mission accomplished.

My niece liked the tonkotsu ramen as well... She also added ajitama and extra negi to hers.

bmwracer wrote:

My niece liked the tonkotsu ramen as well... She also added ajitama and extra negi to hers.

I know your not one for the egg but I always add their hanjyuku tamago...it's the best semi-cooked egg of any ramen shop I've been to in L.A.

Tu_triky wrote:

I know your not one for the egg but I always add their hanjyuku tamago...it's the best semi-cooked egg of any ramen shop I've been to in L.A.

She really liked it, particularly the soft-boiled yolk.

bmwracer wrote:

She really liked it, particularly the soft-boiled yolk.

Yeah they do a good job getting the hanjyuku tamago the proper consistency by not overcooking it.

Tu_triky wrote:

Yeah they do a good job getting the hanjyuku tamago the proper consistency by not overcooking it.

Another thing I noticed is that the ramen for the tonkotsu was thicker than the rame for the shoyu or curry ramen... I suppose there's a logic to it...

bmwracer wrote:

Another thing I noticed is that the ramen for the tonkotsu was thicker than the rame for the shoyu or curry ramen... I suppose there's a logic to it...

Yeah I noticed that at other restaurants too. I guess the chef matches certain types of noodles with different types of ramen. Perhaps the type of broth (i.e. shio, shoyu, tonkotsu, etc.) in the ramen dictates the choice of noodles, whether the are straight, curly, thick or thin.

Tu_triky wrote:

Yeah I noticed that at other restaurants too. I guess the chef matches certain types of noodles with different types of ramen. Perhaps the type of broth (i.e. shio, shoyu, tonkotsu, etc.) in the ramen dictates the choice of noodles, whether the are straight, curly, thick or thin.

I'd have to say I like the thick noodles in the tonkotsu ramen over that of the shoyu ramen... More substantial.

bmwracer wrote:

I'd have to say I like the thick noodles in the tonkotsu ramen over that of the shoyu ramen... More substantial.

Yeah, I've noticed that tonkotsu ramen is usually paired with thicker noodles than let's say a shoyu ramen.

The noodles definitely have more bite to them.

Tu_triky wrote:

Yeah, I've noticed that tonkotsu ramen is usually paired with thicker noodles than let's say a shoyu ramen. The noodles definitely have more bite to them.

Yup... Al dente all the way.

bmwracer wrote:

Yup... Al dente all the way.

Yeah maybe because the tonkotsu has more fat in it from the porky goodness and the bone marrow they go for a thicker noodle so the flavor can cling like saran wrap

Tu_triky wrote:

Yeah maybe because the tonkotsu has more fat in it from the porky goodness and the bone marrow they go for a thicker noodle so the flavor can cling like saran wrap

Ah, maybe so.

Though I noticed that the tonkotsu broth didn't have any large globules of fat like at some other ramen shops, yet it was still quite flavorful.

Just read about this place at Rameniac: http://www.rameniac.com/reviews/comments/yamadaya_torrance/

http://www.ramen-yamadaya.com/location.html