Ramen^2.0

The ramen was smooth, but a bit overcooked. The soup was too salty! Nice gyoza though. Good balance of meat and veg with a tangy vinegary dipping sauce. 忠治 居酒屋 Izakaya Chuji Japanese Restaurant 165 Lonsdale St Melbourne 3000 (03) 9663 8118

The ramen was smooth, but a bit overcooked. The soup was too salty! Nice gyoza though. Good balance of meat and veg with a tangy vinegary dipping sauce. 忠治 居酒屋 Izakaya Chuji Japanese Restaurant 165 Lonsdale St Melbourne 3000 (03) 9663 8118

The ramen was smooth, but a bit overcooked. The soup was too salty! Nice gyoza though. Good balance of meat and veg with a tangy vinegary dipping sauce. 忠治 居酒屋 Izakaya Chuji Japanese Restaurant 165 Lonsdale St Melbourne 3000 (03) 9663 8118

santa ramen <3 - san mateo finally! v and i tried santa ramen's miso based ramen. last time it was sold out so we assumed it was THE ramen of their three options to order. but sadly it was a disappointment -- both the tonkotsu and shoyu broths are easily superior. the soy bean flavor was overwhelmingly and resulted in the broth strangely tasting way too paste-like. but as always, the roasted pork was oh so tasty.

Beyond the educational exhibits about ramen and ramen ingredients is a re-creation of the birthplace of ramen, late 1950s urban Japan. Most people visit to experience the greatness of ramen firsthand - the exhibit includes 8 shops that serve different traditional ramen recipes from around Japan.

I love, love, LOVE this meal. I hope I managed to capture it's yumminess. You add veggies wait until the soup boils, and then you take the meat and swish it in the boiling soup and eat. MMm. (Was too busy eating to show end result!). The recommended way was to cook all the meats and veggies, then put the ramen/udon noodles last. I watched a Japanese family eat their nabe here and realised I can do it however I want! I intersperse the cooking of meat with the noodles. I also choose mix the egg, and coat the beef in egg before cooking. Sweeter flavour. The soup base is miso soup-ish. There's a spicy version but I had that the day before, so this day's pic was the mild soup.