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 [...]
1814 Hillsdale Avenue Suite C San Jose, CA 408.445.9696 M-Sa: 11:30 – 22:00 Su: 16:30 – 21:30 I love sushi: Not the rolls, not sashimi, just nigirizushi. But I am also cheap. :p For the past couple of years, the sushi place of choice for my wife and I were Sushi Maru in Sunnyvale, CA. [...]
I don’t know if it’s just me, but for the past several months, I think I am seeing a very interesting trend in the crude oil price and the gas pump price. Take a look at this AP graph of the recent trend in the crude oil prices. Basically, it’s been hitting record high for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 not [...]
Two things I observed last night… I left work a bit early because I was a bit tired (the Monday thing). But when I got home, I felt like going to a bookstore. On my way there, I noticed a smoke trail (or moisture trail that is left by plains) up in the southwestern sky [...]