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Jiro-style ramen is the calling card here, a Tokyo-born style less famous in the Bay Area than tonkotsu but arguably more interesting, with its shoyu-pork broth running fattier and more rustic, pork fat globules and all. The thick, chewy noodles come from a local craft purveyor, and a fistful of raw chopped garlic goes in to sharpen everything up. This San Jose ramen shop is doing real work diversifying a scene that tends to default to the same few styles.
The awards strongest first
- San Francisco Chronicle Best ramen restaurants in the SF Bay Area
One number, weighted & current 66
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Jiro-style ramen
“San Jose's newest shop is diversifying the scene with its Jiro-style ramen ($13.80), which originates from a popular shop in Tokyo.”
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Buta Max ramen
“Sumo wrestlers-in-training can go all out with the shop's limited Buta Max ramen ($18), which comes with extra braised pork and slippery bits of pork back fat.”
San Francisco Chronicle
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