Tantanmen (@Santoka, Mitsuwa Santa Monica)

Santoka (山頭火)
In Mitsuwa Market Place, Santa Monica
3760 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90066   Tel. 1-310-398-2113   MAP
11:00AM-8:00PM (open 7 days)
http://www.mitsuwa.com/tenpo/eindex.html
http://www.santouka.co.jp/index.html

This is not a regular menu item (this weekend only). Tantanmen is spicy and reasonably good. Tastes a bit like the one at Chim-ma-ya.

For Santoka, please also see Miso ramen.

Tsukemen (@Setagaya, Tokyo JAPAN)

Setagaya (せたが屋)  
In Shinatasu, near JR Shinagawa station in Tokyo
http://www.shinatatsu.com/raumen/kaku_kumo.html

Tsukemen is a noodle and soup served separate. You dip noodle into the soup. Thick soup. The noodle here is very unique (flat noodle). 750 yen.



Omu Rice (@Meijiken, Osaka JAPAN)

Meijiken (明治軒)

Shinsaibashi, Osaka JAPAN

Meijiken is one of my favorate lunch place in Osaka. Everytime I go to Osaka for business trip, I try to go there and have Omu rice.

Omu rice is a rice cooked with ketchup and wrapped with egg. I ordered a set with 3 beef cutlet. 970 yen.



Curry (@Indian Curry, Osaka JAPAN)

Indian Curry (インデアンカレー)

Umeda, Hankyu Sanbangai, Osaka JAPAN



Soup curry (@Cocoro, Osaka JAPAN)

Soup Curry COCORO (心)

OBP Twin 21, IMP Building 1F Osaka JAPAN

Tonkotsu ramen (@Hakata Ippuudo, Osaka JAPAN)

Hakata Ippudo (博多一風堂)

Umeda, Osaka JAPAN

Tonkotsu ramen (@Ramen Jinya, Studio City)

Ramen Jinya
11239 Ventura Blvd., Studio City CA 91604   Tel. 1-818-980-3977   MAP
Su-Th 11:00AM - 10:00PM
F, Sa  11:00AM - 12:00AM
http://www.jinya-la.com/ramen/

Tonkotsu ramen. Good soup. I wish noodle is made a bit harder. $8.55 + tax.