Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Oh yeah a couple of days ago, the guy responsible for Ramen California in Torrance opened a new ramen joint in Hollywood called "Ikemen Ramen." It's going to specialize in tsukemen, which is the cooked noodles served alongside the broth where you dip the noodles in...it was a very "soft" opening. I opted for traditional ramen with an onsen tamago (poached egg).

Their chashu ramen was served in a light chicken broth with hosomen (thin-style noodles). The broth was tasty and light but their chashu was bunk...still think the chashu at Daikokuya is the best in L.A. The egg was awesome, and the fried onion topping on the ramen added a nice flavor to the bowl. Far less salty than the typical tonkotsu ramen.

Overall, promising but needs work.

It was sooo dayem hot that day, it must have been 90 degrees inside the restaurant which had no A.C. or ceiling fans....


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^ Heh, you weren't kidding about ramen on a hot day. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:^ Heh, you weren't kidding about ramen on a hot day. :beaten:

The only thing that prevented full blown misery was that I was served quickly and finished quickly.

Tu_triky wrote:The only thing that prevented full blown misery was that I was served quickly and finished quickly.

Hmm, makes it hard to enjoy a meal in those conditions. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Hmm, makes it hard to enjoy a meal in those conditions. :sweat:

Yeah, it's not pleasant. I remember one day I went to have lunch at Ramen Mottainai and it was a sauna in there...very uncomfortable trying to slurp noodles and not sweat in your bowl.

Tu_triky wrote:Yeah, it's not pleasant. I remember one day I went to have lunch at Ramen Mottainai and it was a sauna in there...very uncomfortable trying to slurp noodles and not sweat in your bowl.

Yeah, it's pretty warm inside of Mottainai.

I was there back in January/February and was actually glad to get out into the cold after the meal. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, it's pretty warm inside of Mottainai.

I was there back in January/February and was actually glad to get out into the cold after the meal. :beaten:

Seriously...I don't know if they don't have ventilation or they just don't use it...but that is not the place to eat on a hot day.

What the Apollo astronauts drink?

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New flavor... Really.

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bmwracer wrote:New flavor... Really.

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Lovely. If this flavor succeeds I propose the next new flavor be swamp ass.

Tu_triky wrote:If this flavor succeeds I propose the next new flavor be swamp ass.

Only if it was a skit on SNL. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
Only if it was a skit on SNL. :mrgreen:

Yes, let us leave such things to fiction.

Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

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bmwracer wrote:Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

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With enough money to buy the entire world's population of Crocs and have the globe walking in plastic shoes for several generations. Oh yeah, they cook too. :beaten:

Tu_triky wrote:With enough money to buy the entire world's population of Crocs and have the globe walking in plastic shoes for several generations. Oh yeah, they cook too. :beaten:

Scary. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
Scary. :bleh:

The future is footwear full of holes. Proper ventilation enables the fumes' nasal penetration.

Tu_triky wrote:The future is footwear full of holes. Proper ventilation enables the fumes' nasal penetration.

Bill Maher: "I want shoes I can hose down..." :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Bill Maher: "I want shoes I can hose down..." :hehe:

Haha. I yearn for the day I can hose down my feets before I get on the fan boat every morning.

Tu_triky wrote:Haha. I yearn for the day I can hose down my feets before I get on the fan boat every morning.

Yeah, those fan boats are really handy around LA. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, those fan boats are really handy around LA. :beaten:

I navigate the "Los Angeles river" while most poor saps are stuck in traffic.