Four years ago I thought ramen was cardboard one microwaved and poured MSG on until it becomes edible. Don’t get me wrong, I ate it all the time, (and still do when my girlfriend leaves for the weekend). Then, while living in Japan, Sarah and I discovered a ramen shack dubbed “Juso Ramen.” No one knew the restaurant’s real name—reading Japanese is really hard, guys—but Juso was the neighborhood and Juso Ramen served the best bowl of ramen in Juso. Maybe all of Osaka.
Sarah loved Juso Ramen’s creamy pork broth. I loved their marbled pork belly. But what really set a bowl of Juso Ramen apart was how much garlic they used. Just an absurd amount. After eating there, my pee and nipples would smell like Garlic for the next 24 hours. My nipples! I hadn’t even known that was a thing. Since returning to the Bay, Sarah and I have roamed the Richmond searching for a ramen shop to fill the noodle-shaped hole in our stomachs, but none fit style and caliber of our Juso Ramen. Then we found Hawker Eats—an Asian-fusion izakaya and ramen shop brought to you by Judy Chen and Kevin Chen, formerly of the Richmond restaurant Kaiju.
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