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

Mogu Mogu is a new Sawtelle restaurant that specializes in the brothless ramen called mazemen.
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...
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