Sacramento, CA

Empress Tavern

I had a serendipitous encounter with a bowl of ramen at Empress Tavern. I felt a wave of nostalgia because it was below the Crest Theater taking me back to my college days at Davis. As I descended down…

San Mateo, CA

Himawari-Tei

On my way home after a wonderful few days in Half Moon Bay I decided to make a ramen stop in San Mateo. This is truly a foodie town. If I wasn’t focused on ramen and mind you there…

Sacramento, CA

Ju Hachi by Taka’s

Not exactly an orthodox bowl of tantanmen. The owner of the restaurant is Japanese but raised in Brazil. I was torn to try the butter corn miso or the bacon bit tonkotsu ramen but played it safe and decided…

Sacramento, CA

Takumi Izakaya Bar

Jury duty and an extra long lunch break has given me the opportunity to check out nearby restaurants. I had heard Takumi serves a $50 bowl of lobster ramen and I admit it turned me off from trying the place. The…

Sacramento, CA

Shoki Ramen Shamrock Ready

Bonding time with ramen boy over some noodles after his soccer training. We can be creatures of habit and order the same thing. I thought I’d change it up and order the curry ramen but the Matcha soy milk ramen caught my eye.…

Portland, OR

Hapa PDX

I really wanted to check out this ramen food cart. Since the boys were getting haircuts and I needed my morning cup of coffee we wandered across the street from the barbershop to a cute cafe called Qui Presse. They didn’t want anything…

Portland, OR

Marukin Ramen – SE Ankeny

We had to try the other Marukin Ramen outpost and figured it was the perfect meal right before the Portland Trailblazers and Sacramento Kings basketball game. Winter evenings in Portland get bone chilly so we were looking forward to a…

Portland, OR

Marukin Ramen

Marukin Ramen takes me down memory lane. My first time was when my grandmother had passed away and my mother and I flew in from California for the memorial. We were blurry eyed from the trip when my friend suggested getting…

Packaged Ramen

Clearspring Shoyu Ramen

The last packaged ramen hubby brought back from London was so awful (cool Marks and Spencer packaging though) that I swore off the stuff if it came from the UK. Not too long ago he brought back another discovery that…

Sacramento, CA

Kru

A much needed night out with hubby and our friends at Kru’s new location in East Sacramento.  It’s a wonderful addition to the neighborhood with outdoor seating and a stunning interior which is open, airy and inviting and with…