Hey everyone!
It’s been a while… but I thought I’d write a quick post about something that got me sooooo excited.
I tried SoulCycle for the very first time after being invited by my friend Matt for almost a year now. But that wasn’t what I was actually excited about.
I forgot my workout socks… don’t judge me.
Hi all!
Wow, I can’t believe how long it has been since I last wrote here. I keep thinking that I had written one not long ago, but apparently I didn’t write for the entire year of 2017. I apologize deeply… I actually have been going out for ramen but haven’t written a single post. đŠ
To start this year off, here’s a quick post about my recent trip to Germany with my fiancĂ©. The trip itself could be a series of blog posts since we were there for almost a month. (It was amazing btw!) But I will get straight to the ramen part.
Whenever I go someplace new, it is always my mission to find a ramen restaurant. Not just a Japanese restaurant that happens to have ramen on their menu. But an actual ramen restaurant. Low and behold… Frankfurt, Germany has two ramen restaurants. Probably the only two in the whole country!
Ramen Jun Red in Frankfurt
Hi friends! Joan here.
I decided to try something new with this blog and actually put together a ramen recipe for you all to try! Here is a vegetarian ramen recipe for those vegetarian or health conscious. There will definitely be more recipes in the future!
Found all of these at Nijiya Market on Sawtelle Blvd. Continue reading
Hey everyone! Joan here.
I know it has been a while, but I’m back in the blogging world. So much has changed for me since my last blog post, hence why I have not written. To make it short, I moved out of Santa Monica (not too far, still on the Westside,) became a vegetarian, and have not been eating a lot of ramen. My dietary decisions was based solely on having a healthier lifestyle but it did not necessarily mean that ramen would be completely out of the picture!
Very few places I have been to have great vegetarian ramen, and I have yet to find a vegan one! However, I found a vegan spot two weeks ago during a road trip to San Francisco.
After an entire day of San Francisco-ing, (Andytown Coffee, Haight Ashbury, Painted Ladies, Mrs. Doubtfire House, Palace of the Arts, Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard Street) we stumbled upon Shizen Vegan Sushi Bar & Izakaya in the Mission District. Although we originally planned on trying the sushi, I could not resist when I saw ramen on the menu.
 Spicy Garlic Miso Ramen Continue reading
Hey everyone, Joan AND Tanya here!
We are pretty excited to finally have a blog post together!
I think we ended up 7th or 8th in line because we were 20 mins early. They are located right next to a parking structure ($6 for parking) Continue reading
Hey everyone!
I played a gig out in San Luis Obispo a few months ago and found the best ramen burger I have had yet! I know I’m super late on this post, but that burger is so worth writing about.
Every Thursday in downtown SLO, they have a really nice Farmer’s Market. I played a gig at a spot right in the middle of it all, the Frog & Peach. Right across the street from the gig, was a booth with a big sign that said RAMEN BURGER. It was meant to be…
 RAMEN BURGER in SLO!!!! Continue reading
Hey everyone, Joan here.
Back in 2011, Tanya and I both lived in the Inland Empire and it was not always easy to travel to LA just for ramen. Then we found a little gem, the Shogun Restaurant in La Verne, that served a nice bowl of ramen. You can view the old blog post here.
A year later, we found out that they had stopped serving ramen and our hearts were broken…
I recently found my way back to Shogun Restaurant with some friends after a church gig. And to my surprise, ramen was back on their menu! I ordered it of course, but unfortunately, it was not the same.
Tonkotsu Ramen… Egg drop soup style Continue reading
Hey everyone,
Not too long ago, I went out for ramen with my buddy Marko, (aka Sarko Manchez). We met up at Silverlake Ramen, but it was a Friday and the wait was going to be over an hour. We were starving and did not have the patience so we looked up another ramen spot and found one about 2 miles away in Koreatown. And just my luck… it turned out to be the Original Ramen Burger!!!
Hello friends,
Joan here. I’m doing something that I haven’t done in a long time… write a blog post shortly after a ramen run! AGH!
Saturday night, I had a ramen dinner with my brother, Mark, who’s visiting LA for the weekend. It’s been a while since I’ve been to Ramen Hayatemaru in West LA and I was craving their awesome tsukemen. Also, Hayatemaru is not only great at ramen but they have amazing appetizers. We started off with some gyoza and spicy cucumbers. Be careful, those cucumbers definitely had a kick to them!
 … well you can have good gyoza at Hayatemaru!
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Hey everyone,
The first time Tanya and I went to Foo Foo Tei in 2011, (see old blog post here) Â it scared the crap out of us! First of all, it was in the evening and driving into a creepy neighborhood made us really nervous. Second, we were not very pleased with our ramen experience back then so we haven’t gone back since.
Now that I’m older, wiser, stronger and can probably kick the crap out of an old creeper, I decided to give Foo Foo Tei another try!
 So many ramens!
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