Hong’s Cave

Well, it was completely a surprise!
There once was this ramen-ya in San Jose called Do-Henkotsu. What made this place unique among a dozen or so ramen-ya in the area was its regional color and the owner’s (whose name I never got to know) pride in it.
The ramen itself was pretty good, maybe not the [...]

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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 [...]

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368 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA
650.564.9931
M-Th: 11:30 - 14:30 / 17:00 - 22:00
F: 11:30 - 14:30 / 17:00 - 23:00
Sat: 11:30 - 22:30
Sun: 11:30 - 21:00
While doing a web search, I came across this name recently. It seems the shop is really new. It probably opened this year, or December last year at the [...]

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375 Saratoga Ave. Suite M
San Jose, CA
408.246.3933
M/T/Th/F: 11:30 - 13:30 / 18:00 - 21:30
W: Closed
Sat: 11:30 - 14:00 / 18:00 - 21:30
Sun: 11:30 - 14:00 / 17:00 - 20:00
This seems to be the latest ramen-ya in the South Bay. From their website, Ramen Halu (ラメン晴) opened in early 2003. I came across the [...]

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805 South B Street
San Mateo, CA
650.344.5918
M-Sat: 11:30-14:00 / 17:30-22:00
Sun: 11:30-14:00 / 17:30-21:30
(Off from JInAOnline.org, but Tuesdays might be closed.)
This is also one I found through WorldRamen.net. It has a pretty good review, and I have to agree.
Ramen Santa (ラーメンサン太) is a couple of blocks off of the main street in San Mateo. The [...]

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4330 Moorpark Avenue
San Jose, CA
408.255.8244
M: Closed
T-F: 11:30 - 14:00 / 17:00 - 21:30
Sat: 11:30 - 15:00 / 16:00 - 21:00
Sun: 11:30 - 15:00 / 16:00 - 20:30
As I was looking for different ramen places around the area, I found this shop last December. It might have been around longer, but I didn’t know about [...]

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859 Villa Street
Mountain View, CA
(650) 965-8829
M-Sat: 11:30-23:00
Sun: 11:30-21:00
This is actually the first ramen-ya that I’ve been to. I am not sure when they opened the shop, but their location is probably the best in the area (off of Castro Street) where there are always good number of people, especially Far-East Asians. During the [...]

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I like noodles with soup. I’ve always liked JanChiGukSu (잔치국수/”Party Noodle Soup”, Korean thin noodle soup) and KalGukSu (칼국수/”Knife Noodle Soup”, thicker Korean noodle soup), and have been digging Pho (Vietnamese thin rice noodle soup) ever since I came to the U.S. in 1994.
However, there is something special about RaaMen (ラ―メン/”ramen”). I am [...]

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