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Santouka Ramen

August 2014 Update

Since the first post, I had been back to Santouka 3 times.

Happy to see that they had fixed the noodle problem; the ramen noodle had been cooked perfectly bouncy each time.

Santouka had introduced new dishes as well.

My new favorite was the cold noodle salad, looked like it might be a seasonal item.

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The noodle was perfect with lots of crisp fresh vegetables, and paired with the deliciously melt-in-the-month pork cheek meat (same as the one in my earlier review).

Another new dish was the tsukemen, dipping ramen noodle.

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The ramen noodle in tsukemen was quite a bit thicker than the ones in soup ramen, creating a chewier, more exciting fun texture.

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Jin Ya and Ellenos

New ramen place at Crossroads Mall!

I had been waiting for Jin Ya to open since the day I saw “coming soon” sign outside the store front.

Jin Ya is a chain ramen bar with stores in Vancouver BC, CA, NY and TX (yes sis, in Houston!).

The store in Bellevue was not very big, and since it opened couple weeks back, I had heard that they had lines outside the door frequently.

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I went on a weekday for lunch right when they opened at 11am, so no wait necessary.

Jin Ya offered mostly rich pork soup, tonkotsu, with chicken and veggie broth options as well.

Some combinations already had egg, and others did not.

If ramen egg was an object of desire, read the description on the menu carefully.

Toppings could be added – extra vegetables, meat, eggs and seaweed etc.

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