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A Special Ramen Monday Recap of the Pomona Ramen Yokocho 2014 It's Ramen Time AGAIN!!! The Fairplex in Pomona First Stop, Hide Chan from Hakata, Kyushu, Japan. No line, what a perfect time to be here. The most famous ramen shop in Hakata, the birth place of Tonkotsu ramen. See What Jay Eats... Hide Chan Hakata Tonkotsu Ramen I love the thin noodles! Next Stop, Kohmen in Tokyo. From the ramen hotspot in Ikebukuro in Tokyo. Jukusei Spicy Ramen from Kohmen. Served with chicken and pork chashu, loved the greens and spicy paste. Ran into my friend Mathew from MenOh in Little Tokyo. Home of the famous Tokushima tonkotsu ramen. MenOh has a vegetable ramen (at their Little Tokyo location) and topped with lots of veggies. I enjoyed it.  One of the specials I was looking forward to is Keizo Shimamoto 's Burger Ramen from the Original Ramen Burger. It's a deconstruct...

Growing up, my family would visit the LA County Fair just as the  new school year would begin each September.   Photo Courtesy of LACF Besides the rides, entertainment, and of course food,  we would see the new exhibits the fair would have each year. This year, Luminasia is a new nighttime attraction. It's a larger-than-life Chinese lantern display, which is an ancient art form of lantern making. At the LA County Fair   Media Preview to see Luminasia and sample the new fair food for 2014. Heading up the Luminasia hill, the gateway is impressive. See What Jay Eats... Funnel Cake Sausage Dog with syrup from Juicy's It reminded me of breakfast, tasty sausage.  One of my favorites were the Giant Pandas and they were GIANT! Photo Courtesy of LACF   A beautiful pagoda lantern. Photo Courtesy of LACF Just a few of the famous landmarks at Luminasia. These lanterns w...