budbandit
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Many shops will have a house specialty. Ryowa's is the Ryowa Ramen, no the miso, not the shoyu.
BTW it is about as authentic as it gets and is typically well reviewed by Japanese.
However, the best I have found so far is most assuredly Maru Ichi in Mountain View which is not only Japanese owned but also Japanese staffed. Their gyoza and karage suck, california rolls are ok but if you are not going there for the ramen don't bother.
Get the tonkotsu, not the miso, not the shoyu, TONKOTSU.
BTW it is about as authentic as it gets and is typically well reviewed by Japanese.
However, the best I have found so far is most assuredly Maru Ichi in Mountain View which is not only Japanese owned but also Japanese staffed. Their gyoza and karage suck, california rolls are ok but if you are not going there for the ramen don't bother.
Get the tonkotsu, not the miso, not the shoyu, TONKOTSU.
donoman said:I tried Ryowa in Berkeley.
It was OK. Not the worst but not the best. Definitely some sort of packaged noodles, and pretty oily tasting. Sort of pasty and powdery too. I guess that's what you guys mean by cloudy?
I tried the Karaage fried chicken, it was (IMO) HORRIBLE. Salty, came served up on lettuce with fuckin mayonnaise (YUCK) and was crispy and just not the same Karaage that I'm used to.
Definitely a Korean run imposter operation, not what I was looking for!