Years ago when the SF bay area ramen scene belonged to only the few - Tampopo and Katana-Ya up north in San Francisco, Santa and Ryowa ruled the ends of the Penninsula in San Mateo and Mountain View, and Tokushima Do-Henkotsu and Ringer Hut held their grounds in the south bay. The east bay [...]

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San Tung is a very popular Chinese restaurant located in the sunset district of San Francisco. It is known for its garlicky fried chicken wings. Lesser known is that this dish is called Gan Pong Chicken, a popular dish in Shandong style Chinese restaurants in Korea. The most authentic and original version of this dish [...]

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Santa Ramen is an old name in the SF bay area for ramen. It was around long before ramen became as popular as it is now. It also used to be the standard for which all other bay area ramen were judged against. But then as the newer ramen shops began popping up several [...]

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My first impression of Ajisen last year after it opened was pretty good. The next few follow-up visits convinced me that it is one of the better ramen-ya in the bay area. I tried the Paiku ((排骨; Pork Ribs) Ramen a couple of times on a recent visit. One of the few other ramen shops [...]

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I read an interesting article in the New York Times today regarding the infamous ingredients that we all have a love-hate relationship with: MSG, MonoSodium Glutamate. The article supports what I have believed for a long time, that MSG is fine when used moderately just like salt, pepper, or other condiments.
virtually all studies … [...]

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To start the year off (ok, it’s been awhile since my last post, but I’m back!), here’s my list of top 10 best ramen shops in the bay area. I’ve not tried Santa Ramen since it’s move to the newer location. There also have been several new ramen-ya that has come and gone. I’ll try [...]

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Ever since Ramen Halu opened its doors about 5 years ago, it has been my favorite place for ramen in the SF bay area. One cannot bring up Halu without mentioning the original, granddaddy ramen-ya in the bay area, Santa Ramen in San Mateo. But for some reason, I just cannot rank Santa highly. [...]

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It’s been awhile now since the nice old ramen master who ran Do-Henkotsu retired. In a sea of me-too tonkotsu and shoyu ramen shops which have popped up in the last several years, his version of the Tokushima ramen, from a southern prefecture in Japan, stood out with its dark, bold flavor and the unusual [...]

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