Eat This Now: Karaage Don at Menya Keishi

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • January 25, 2017
It sounds counterintuitive to recommend a rice bowl at a ramen shop, but here goes: the karaage don at the new Menya Keishi in Costa Mesa is what you should order, not the ramen. Menya Keishi, if you didn’t already know, is actually the...
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