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I don't get down to San Diego much these days.  For some reason on this trip, I wanted ramen.  After confirming with my ramen friend, Keizo Shimamoto of GoRamen.com, I headed over to Tajima Ramen to try their tonkotsu ramen with Kakuni pork.   See What Jay Eats... Tajima Ramen House Tonkotsu Broth A rich pork broth, served with 1/2 an egg, bbq pork, green onions, and seaweed. A nice rich taste, not really pretty to look at, but a good taste to it. Seared Tuna Tataki with fried garlic chips and ponzu I wanted to try their seared tuna, I wished that the ponzu had a bit more of a citrus punch to it, but that's how I like it. (Thanks to Sushi Nozawa) The Kakuni Pork  The pork was tender, it was slow cooked and had good flavor Gyoza Housemade pan fried pork dumplings The service was attentive, the food was pretty good, AND they stay open late. I would go back again. Tajima Ramen ...

The 17th Annual Japan America Kite Festival The Largest Japanese Kite Festival Outside of Japan! Seal Beach, California It was a beautiful day at the beach, lots of beautiful kites. Usually I'm told to "go fly a kite", but today I was here for... Keizo Shimamoto's Original Ramen Burger! 500 Ramen Burgers on today's menu Paul Lam (L) grilling the Angus beef patties and Keizo Shimamoto (R) flipping the ramen noodle buns. The Ramen Burger is made with fresh ramen noodles formed in a bun shape and lightly grilled. With the Angus beef patty, Keizo has his secret shoyu glaze, arugula, and scallions. Makes for a tasty combination. Ahh, one of the coveted Ramen Burgers! It's wrapped in a beautiful origami-style wrapper I could've pulled some strings, but I had my wristband and stood in line. OK, there were 10 people ahead of me... This event, when you paid for the Ramen Burger, a wr...

RAMEN TIME! Last Sunday, I was helping out my friend Keizo Shimamoto and the Original Ramen Burger and Today I'm at the Ramen Yokocho Fest! I have to admit, I haven't really had a lot of ramen lately, if you follow me on Instagram , you know I eat more Vietnamese pho. I do have my ramen favorites. When I do eat ramen, my favorite is  tonkotsu (pork broth) Our goal today was to try places from outside of the Los Angeles area. Hearing and seeing pics of yesterday's madness, we decided to get there early, about 9:15 am. About a 100 people in front of us. The gates open at 10 am. By the time we got in, it was just after 10:30. After you purchase your food and drink tickets, you enter the festival grounds. Ramen = $8 Sodas = $2 Water = $1 With tickets in hand, you look for the  end of the line of the ramen you want to try. I wanted to try the only vendor from Japan, Kitakata Ramen Bannai and ...

The Original Ramen Burger ! The Ramen Burger Created by Keizo Shimamoto NYC's latest food craze made it's way to the West Coast for a special pop up on September 7-8, 2013. More than a 1,000 people showed up at Mitsuwa in Torrance on Saturday for one of the coveted 500 Ramen Burgers . Los Angeles Times post  Sunday's Pasadena Pop up 30 People in line at 9:30 am outside of  Osawa Restaurant When Keizo told me he was moving to Japan to study ramen, I knew he would come back with something HUGE!  It was an honor to work with him at the Pasadena pop up AND  to finally try the dish he had been working on.   Burgers Up! (cause I'm not sure how to say it in Japanese...) Just before 11 am, t he Pasadena Ramen Burger  Pop up  is Now Open! Keizo signed a lot of T-shirts   I didn't get an autograph, but did go home with a  stain on my shirt,  I'm a messy eat...