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  • ShiroKuroS Offline
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    ShiroKuro
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    #2

    Lucky you! Where we live now has much better restaurant options than where we lived before moving here last year. But for whatever reason there’s no really good Japanese restaurant. There are a couple of just tolerable ones, and then a few really good Korean ones, but no Japanese.

    BTW, if you have the change (and assuming you like ramen) try Akahoshi Ramen https://www.akahoshiramen.com/

    I know the owner, he was a Japanese language student when I was a TA in grad school.

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    • AxtremusA Offline
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      Axtremus
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      #3

      Technically there are many “Japanese restaurants” near where I live, but almost all are owned/staffed by non-Japanese. :man-shrugging:

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      • ShiroKuroS Offline
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        ShiroKuro
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        #4

        IMO it’s not whether the owner and staff are Japanese, but how there trained and how authentically they do their menus, ingredients etc.

        And re authenticity? It doesn’t even have to be authentic to be good.

        But the Japanese restaurants here in town are just not great. Tolerable, but not great. It’s disappointing. Esp. for Mr SK.

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          I was tempted to say something about authenticity but then I figured I probably haven’t spend enough time in Japan to talk about authenticity. :man-shrugging:

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            Steve Miller
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            #6

            Have you tried the Buldak Spicy Korean noodles? I just heard about them but apparently they are very popular. Like Walmart and Target popular.

            And they can be very, very spicy! 😱

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            • ShiroKuroS Offline
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              ShiroKuro
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              #7

              Re spicy noodles, I love them but also I can hardly tolerate the spiciness 😅

              I find that the combination of spicy plus hot temperature makes me even more of a wimp than I usually am! 😁

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              • AxtremusA Offline
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                Axtremus
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                Not sure if this applies to any particular variety of Buldak instant noodle, but many instant noodles put the hot/spicy seasoning in a separate packet, so you can reduce the hot/spiciness just but reducing the amount of the hot/spicy seasoning you put into your instant noodle.

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                • ShiroKuroS Offline
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                  ShiroKuro
                  wrote on last edited by ShiroKuro
                  #9

                  Ok this thread is making me really want noodles now.... 😁

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                  • AxtremusA Offline
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                    Axtremus
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                    #10

                    Hmmm … let’s see if I can help you out a bit.
                    The problem with noodle is all that carb.
                    The problem with instant noodle is all that carb and saturated fat and sodium.

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                      #11

                      Ax!! 😁

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