A Tsujita Acolyte Opens Ramen & Tsukemen TAO in Buena Park

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • November 6, 2019

Ready to fortify yourself for the harsh winter? Photo by Edwin Goei If you blindfolded me and fed me a strand of the noodles from the new Ramen & Tsukemen TAO in Buena Park, I’d tell you it was udon. These are the most bloated ramen noodles in...

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Top 10 Japanese ramen: OC’s Best Places to Eat 2020

Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • October 13, 2020

No two bowls of ramen noodle soup are alike. Even when two competing restaurants claim lineage to the exact same Japanese village known for a specific type of tonkotsu or shoyu or shio or whatever, each kitchen ultimately prides itself on its own...

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The Tsujita brings its intense ramen bowls to Glendale

Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • January 27, 2017

Have you, by chance, tasted tonkotsu ramen? Because the Kyushu-style noodles may be at their peak in Los Angeles at the moment: thin, straight noodles served in a pork broth of maximum intensity. Tonkotsu ramen is often layered with slices of soft...

Review: Jonathan Gold tried the level-six-spicy ramen at Killer Noodle. It comes with water, towels and an en

Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • January 12, 2018

“Our restaurant aims for painful, delicious and spicy,” reads a sign on each table at the new Killer Noodle on Sawtelle Boulevard. “Customers with sensitivity to spice should check with server before ordering. First-time visitors should refrain...

Mogumogu in L.A.'s In Sawtelle is a ramen shop without the soup

Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • November 27, 2019

Just beyond Sawtelle Boulevard’s ramen row, where the nearly infinite variations on broth include the pork-intensive tonkotsu at Tsujita; Killer Noodle’s chile-spliced tantanmen; and the mushroom-based vegan “hippie” broth at Tatsu, you will bump...

Make your way through the 101 Best Restaurants list at these affordable places to eat

Bill Addison, Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • December 20, 2019

It isn’t difficult to eat well on a budget in Los Angeles. These 22 restaurants on the 2019 101 Best Restaurants list will satisfy your appetite without breaking the bank. Sonoratown (5) Sonoratown is Jennifer Feltham and Teodoro Diaz-Rodriguez’s...