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28 reviews
AMAZING
1st HAKATA TONKOTSU DX
Marufuku Ramen, Oakland
Hakata style ramen with rich pork broth. With chashu pork (simmered pork belly), seasoned soft boiled egg, green onions, kikurage mushrooms, bean sprouts) and buta kakuni (braised thick pork belly), corn, and nori seaweed. Ultra Spicy version... which wasn't really ultra spicy (to me).
1st HAKATA TONKOTSU DX
Marufuku Ramen, Oakland
So delicious that everything, down to the last drop of broth, was consumed.
2nd WASABI TONKOTSU
IPPUDO SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco
Ippudo Yerba Buena exclusive! with wasabi oil, pork belly chashu, bean sprouts, kikurage mushrooms, tobiko wasabi, roasted nori, and scallions.
3rd HAKATA TSUKEMEN
IPPUDO SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco
Seasonal "dipping" ramen - the broth is full of flavor...traditional Ippudo pork broth with bonito. Amazing!
3rd HAKATA TSUKEMEN
IPPUDO SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco
It's a seasonal dish and it's amazing. Tender and perfectly chewy noodles are dipped into a delicious pork and bonito broth.
4th SPICY BLACK TONKOTSU TAMAGO
Ramen Kitchen, Albany
The ramen egg is consistently creamy each time I order this. Noodles are always al dente, just the way I prefer my ramen. 🍜
5th PORK RAMEN IN PORK SPICY SOUP
Yojimbo, Alameda
The spicy tonkotsu broth just hits the spot.
REALLY GOOD
6th BLACK GARLIC RAMEN
Totto Ramen & Sushi Bar, Fairfield
I need to come back here whenever I crave black garlic ramen. My favorite ramen shop that served black garlic ramen was a casualty of the pandemic and I now have a good substitute.
7th GARLIC TRUFFLE RAMEN W/ PORK
Silverlake Ramen Burbank, Burbank
served with thick, chewy noodles (yum!) in a creamy tonkotsu broth with garlic, truffle oil, kale, mushrooms, seaweed, and seasoned egg.
8th KARAKA SPICY RAMEN
IPPUDO SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco
Definitely tastier when you order the tamago with the ramen
8th KARAKA SPICY RAMEN
IPPUDO SAN FRANCISCO, San Francisco
Somehow, this tasted way better than the same order at the Berkeley location. Finished the whole bowl, down to the very last drop of broth! 😋
9th TOKUSEI TSUKEMEN
Taishoken Ramen, San Mateo
the ramen egg is so delicious. dipping noodles...yum! 😋
10th TEMPURA RAMEN IN PORK BROTH
Yojimbo, Alameda
The huge portion of tempura on this "small" order of ramen totally sold me on this meal!
11th SHOYU RAMEN
Ippo Ramen, CA 94706
Really tasty ramen with creamy ramen egg for 9 bucks!
12th KARAKA SPICY RAMEN
Ippudo, Berkeley
You can choose the firmness of the noodles!
14th MISO RAGING RAMEN
Namu Stonepot, San Francisco
Savory vegan miso broth poured over sizzling Tokyo-stylec ramen noodles, served with sauteed cabbage, shimeji, enoki, topped with tofu and nori. The stone pot was super hot and the broth was just sizzling away!
16th TAN TAN MEN
Katana-Ya, El Cerrito
It’s my favorite, under 10 bucks, bowl of ramen. Great comfort food without feeling like you’ve overpaid for a bowl of noodles
17th KATANA-YA RAMEN
Katana-Ya, El Cerrito
With char-sui, menma, corn, nori, and crab meat. Always a great deal here for a hearty bowl of ramen.
18th MINSAN MEN RAMEN
Katana-Ya, El Cerrito
Shoyu-Sesame Oil Taste Ramen Topped with Deep-Fried Dumplings, Spinach
PRETTY GOOD
19th SEAFOOD RAMEN IN PORK BROTH
Yojimbo and Gallery, Alameda
At their new Alameda location on Santa Clara Ave. They didn't serve me the spicy pork broth I ordered and they comp'ed the ramen. Maybe it's because I didn't get the spicy pork broth, but this just didn't hit the spot for me like the other times I've had their food.
20th TAN TAN RAMEN (SPICY)
Happy Ramen and Sushi, Pinole
the egg was overcooked. usually it's a jelly ramen egg. there's a decent amount of dried chili to add in a spicy kick. tonkotsu broth was decent and with the spiciness (and cold weather), I finished the whole bowl, soup included.
21st BLACK GARLIC RAMEN
Haya Ramen, Pleasant Hill
Maybe it was an off day for me, but there was barely any black garlic flavor in my soup. No garlic pieces. Maybe they forgot to add it into my soup?🤷‍♀️ Hakata style Ramen with smokey Black Garlic based pork broth. Roasted pork Chashu, Soft-boiled egg, Bamboo shoot, Scallion, Garlic, Bean sprout.
22nd BLACK GARLIC RAMEN
Kyoto Ramen + Lilikoi, Pinole
soup flavor was good with loads of garlic, but noodles weren't as good as I hoped.
23rd SHOYU RAMEN
Ramen Hiroshi, Walnut Creek
The soy sauce based chicken broth was a bit too salty. After eating half of the noodles, the broth soaked into the noodles more and I needed to pull out the noodles in order to finish everything else. Still delicious, but the broth was a little more concentrated in flavor than what I prefer.
24th BLACK GARLIC RAMEN
Yummy House, USA
with roasted pork, fried garlic, kikurage, boiled egg, bamboo shoots, green onion, sprouts, corn