This restaurant is ramen boy’s go to place near his school. He finished his day early and we had time to spare before we went to the Welcome Class of 2020 event at the new High School he will be attending this year. I was pretty sure they wouldn’t be serving any dinner and he suggested, no surprise, that we eat some ramen. I kind of got choked up thinking about this and that the next four years will quickly pass by as it has already and how many more bowls of ramen will I be able to share with him before he is off to college and beyond. I wonder if his tastes will mature as he gets older or will he order the same, plain and unadorned, kaidama (extra noodles) ramen with chashu.
So off we went to eat some noodles. Ramen and More leans toward Korean style food but with a Japanese bent. I had the bulgogi ramen with pieces of beef, a whole soft boiled egg, bean sprouts, corn, scallions and spinach in a shoyu based broth. The broth was light but still had a deep enough flavor, not oily and the noodles were springy and cooked al dente the way I like it. It’s my first time having ramen here and I noticed the menu said “we use fresh ramen noodles.” I had hoped to ask but the young waitress was rather aloof. She plopped our bowls down without much fanfare splashing broth as she did this. I was in such a good mood that I just let it go. Ramen boy was extremely chatty this evening and most of us know through experience that this is hit or miss conversation with teenagers and I was going to enjoy the experience no matter what. It’s so true that mediocre food can taste spectacular with great company and ramen boy was the perfect dinner companion.
I am not sure if I was for him though. Our waitress left us with the check but after a long wait never came back to our table to pick it up so instead I went up to her to pay the bill. She took my money and returned the change and when I gave her a generous tip she looked up at me and gave me the biggest smile ever. I could have told her that her service kind of sucked but instead I told her that she has a beautiful smile and should do it more often. Ramen boy just rolled his eyes at me as we walked out saying, “Really mom how embarrassing!” I guess it was too good to be true.
Ramen and More
807 Howe Ave
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 922-6227