Kitakata Ramen Ban Nai, New Ramen Shop, Opens in Costa Mesa

Ramen noodle soup comes in many forms. The ultimate ramen, for me, is made with a rich, decadent pork-bone broth loaded with so much collagen that the soup appears milky and viscous, like the ones at HiroNori, Kopan and Yoshiharu. The problem with...

Surely you've heard about the recent study that linked instant ramen to heart attacks and diabetes and that the chemical preservative tertiary-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ, a petroleum byproduct) is an often-used ingredient. This is why you should shun...

Photo by Edwin Goei Nishi Poke & Ramen, a restaurant that serves both ramen and build-your-own poke, has opened in Buena Park. It is the first in OC but the third restaurant from a concept that began in the Rancho Park neighborhood of LA. Poke...

EMC Seafood and Raw Bar, the popular Koreatown seafood restaurant and oyster bar, has opened its long-awaited Irvine store. Development began last year at the space vacated by Elephant Bar. Irvine is EMC’s third restaurant and like the other EMC’s...

The Los Angeles ramen aficionado has in recent years learned to differentiate shio ramen from tonkotsu ramen, miso-tinged Sapporo ramen from tangy Kitakata ramen, and fishy Tokyo-style ramen from pork-intensive Tokushima-style ramen. Now comes...