Hong’s Cave

47890 Warm Springs Blvd.
Fremont, CA
510.353.1133
M: Closed
T-F: 11:00 - 15:00 / 18:00 - 22:00
Sa/Su: 11:00 - 22:00

I’ve heard about this place at Chowhound, but did not have a chance to visit. It’s in Fremont, so a bit far from the home, but not too bad from the office.

Their menu was similar to Santa, where you have the menu on the wall with three base soup (sio, shouyu, and tonkotsu) with various combinations of toppings.

Their store layout was similar to Ryowa , where you have several rows of bars (sits about 30?) and several tables (4 or 5, maybe). They also have a small shelf with comics.

No kimchi or other free side dish though.

I had a shouyu kakuni (”simmered pork”). Overall, the taste was similar to that of Maru Ichi (the soup and the pork).

Although the noodles were slightly undercooked to give the chewy-ness, I thought the noodle was a bit weak (too old/dry?).

Another thing, when I was slurping the noodles, I smelled of ammonia (?) from the noodles a few times, which bothered me. I think this was the first time that I’ve noticed this in a ramen-ya.

Anyway, the place seemed busy when I got there (around 1 p.m.), but by the time I left (1:30 p.m.), it became pretty empty. Given the location, I think most of the customers were ethnic Chinese.

A bit more exploring to do.