When we started this blog and decided that we’d include the various food spots we visit, this place was the first that came to mind. Remember my entry in which I mentioned the spicy Orochon ramen was my 2nd favorite? Here it is, number one, Shin Sen Gumi. I’m sure most of you have already been there given it’s ever rising popularity, but since it’s my favorite I had to post it anyway.
Great side dishes. Takana fried rice and their special gyoza. It’s hard to explain how the rice tastes, but just know it’s very good. The flame they cook it over is insane.. The gyoza’s good too. Very garlicky or garliquey, depending on what part of the world you’re from.
And here’s what makes Kent call me a ramen-head. Hakata ramen. The soup base takes 15 hours to make from pork bones. It’s also known as Tonkotsu soup. The soup is actually pretty hard to make given all the different factors involved such as temperature, flame and water. The difficulty is evident because on rare occasions it doesn’t have the amazing taste is usually does. Nevertheless, we’ve had Hashiba and Dave try it and they both agree that it would definitely hold up to Japan’s standards.
I’ve wanted one of these for a long time. Another gift from Japan, this is one of our dope front license plate brackets that allow the license plate to dissapear under speed. The little instructions included said it’d dissapear completely at 70km/h and sure enough as soon as we hit about 40mph it was gone. Should someone you know want one we’ve got them in very limited quantities on GRYMRKT. “Great for vehicle aerodynamics at the track” says the little paper in Japanese. Haha, right.. SBC cover for my rear plate is next.