{"id":1316,"date":"2018-03-04T19:53:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T03:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2018-03-06T15:56:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T23:56:32","slug":"the-most-expensive-ramen-meal-evar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/the-most-expensive-ramen-meal-evar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ippudo Story San Francisco (Lost in Translation)"},"content":{"rendered":"

No Scarlett Johansson here (bummer).\u00a0 Just two ramen fans that were excited to welcome San Francisco into the big league of ramen towns.\u00a0 San Francisco has an Ippudo.\u00a0 Finally!\u00a0No more queueing at Mensho<\/a> for hours in the TL with bums.\u00a0 We could now queue in a wind tunnel off of Market Street! Despite being forewarned about the broth being dumbed down (at Ippudo Berkeley, which opened nine months earlier),\u00a0 we braved downtown, found a parking space and crossed Market Street for a bowl.\u00a0 A very expensive bowl.<\/p>\n

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Yes.\u00a0 That’s $82 (after tip) for dinner for two.\u00a0 A beer, a bun, a bowl and some ice cream.\u00a0 Keep in mind that the same bowl in Tokyo is half the price (along with the beer) in what gaijin call “the most expensive city” in the world.\u00a0 I would be willing to excuse this as “the price of doing business” in San Francisco, except the broth here tasted like they phoned it in.\u00a0 It’s technically tonkotsu, but set at 5 instead of 11.\u00a0 The best way to describe my disappointment is to say that the broth here has been Lost in Translation.\u00a0 It isn’t as “fierce” as it should be.\u00a0 Also, no sides of garlic and ginger as the other Ippudos in Asia have.<\/p>\n

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They did get some things right.\u00a0 The cha siu was tender and the broth could have been a smidge hotter (in order to keep the noodles hot).\u00a0 And Ippudo is probably the only place in San Francisco that can actually do the soft boiled ramen egg properly.\u00a0 Delish!<\/p>\n

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Because of this, it’s technically an “Ippudo”.\u00a0 The ramen was bowled properly, the noodles had some snap.\u00a0 The flavors are there, just not enough of it.\u00a0 I really wanted to love this place; to be able to say that it’s a match for Ippudo’s Tokyo and Singapore locations (I know these best) and everyone should brave the line and the price for a bowl of Akamaru Modern because THIS is what ramen is supposed to be like.\u00a0 Instead, I’d recommend this as a starter Ippudo.\u00a0 Go here and appreciate it for what it is.\u00a0 A decent, but VERY overpriced bowl (because of the local conditions that restaurants in San Francisco have to operate in, not because of Panda Express<\/a> greed).\u00a0 Then book a flight to Tokyo<\/a>, Hong Kong<\/a>, Singapore<\/a> or Shanghai<\/a> and have a bowl over there.\u00a0 That’s how it’s supposed to taste.\u00a0 And you’ll save some money too.<\/p>\n

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Ippudo SF
\n18 Yerba Buena Lane
\nSan Francisco, CA 94103<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No Scarlett Johansson here (bummer).\u00a0 Just two ramen fans that were excited to welcome San Francisco into the big league of ramen towns.\u00a0 San Francisco has an Ippudo.\u00a0 Finally!\u00a0No more queueing at Mensho for hours in the TL with bums.\u00a0 We could now queue in a wind tunnel off of Market Street! Despite being forewarned … <\/p>\n

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