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ramen broth here was really heavy, and thick, in other words delicious, probably the best tonkotsu ramen in nyc. Portions for other things were somewhat big, and they tend to put tartar sauce on quite a few things. Will come back for the curry rice and hayashi rice. The deep fried pigs feet were great.

I finally tricked my wife who is from ramen country(kyushu) and her friend to try momofuku. What we tried Pork Buns - excellent Chicken Wings - alright, good searing, but not much flavor, a surprisingly large order Shrimp and Corn in Miso Butter - a little too much miso, perhaps one less tablespoon would have made this great. Tsukemen - ughhhhhh, disgusting, tsukemen dipping broth traditionally is made from ramen broth that is cooked longer so that it is thicker and more concentrated in flavor. This broth tasted like 1 cup of instant wonton soup mix, cup of salt, shoyu, dashi and more salt. Noodles were gummy. Nissin makes better stuff in the 1.99-3.99 price range. Somen - I've eaten somen for many years now, usually the cheaper mass produced shirakiku kind. The stuff served was either left out of the package and never resealed for years, or there must be even cheaper stuff out there, like the stuff sold at 100 yen stores. Somen also should be served in a bowl with ice\water. The broth was somewhat better than the tsukemen's it was alot less salty, tasted like bottled somen tsuyu mixed with rice vinegar. Ramen - Noodles were one sloppy mess of goop. broth tasted like it took an hour of cooking and a tub of salt to make.

I thought Yasuda was good, but not a place I would go back to again after 2 visits. Yasuda apparently isn't too friendly to japanese clients, in comparison to the ways he treats non-Japanese. I rather goto Ushiwakamaru, even though getting a table is next to impossible without planning ahead these days. I haven't been to Gari, but I have a friend who work there who say it's pretty ehhh. Jewel Bako that place went down hill what happened there? I heard the original chef is working at some midtown steakhouse with a sushi bar. I have yet to find a place in nyc anyway nearly as good as Sushi Dai in Tsukiji, have not tried Karuma, or Masa. Friendly service, amazing fish selection, the level of freshness, warm freshly made tamago, and oh the 35 dollar omakase price tag. Well there is the 3 hour wait. Raji, do you have any recommendations for places in Fukuoka, or Sapporo?

you should have no problems finding yamaimo, alot of the japanese vegs come from this one farm in canada, can't recall the name. You should take a trip to mitsuwa one day and check out labels on the japanese eggplant, shiso, mitsuba, mizuna, shishito, negi, peamon, daikon, etc and try to look them up.

Have you tried adding a cup of coffee, chocolate to the curry?

The katsu place in Mitsuwa is called Katsuhana, a pale imitation of Katsuhama, don't bother. Whatever happened to Ippudo opening in NY? Santoka is good, but I'm looking for a good clear broth seafood and chicken based shio ramen like the kind I've had at the Hokkaido ramen museum.

One of the best cities in Japan to be in. Both food and a shopper's paradise, I actually prefer Fukuoka to Tokyo, but Tokyo wins hands down in the sushi department.