Santa Ramen

2007-06-07

It really makes me said how bad ramen is in America. 7 years in Japan taught me how good ramen can be. Now that I'm back in the states I get people telling me how good places like Santa Ramen are. I then go try them only to find they are about high school cafeteria quality in taste compared to the real thing in Tokyo. (yes, I know ramen is actaully Chinese food)

I ordered the Santa Ramen Tonkotsu Chashu Ramen. The meat was cold and flavorless. The soup was barely passible as Tonkotsu based and the noodles seemed more like spagetti than ramen noodles.

Santa Ramen may be the best in the bay area, I really don't know. But it's not even close the real thing and was therefore a huge disappointment after all the hype. 😞 I guess the best way to put it is when I lived in Tokyo there were ramen places I craved, places that were good, places that were I would go back to if others wanted to go and places that were bland that I would never go back to knowing all the better places were available. Santa Ramen fits in the "bland, never go back to" category.

If you know what the real thing is like you won't like Santa Ramen.

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