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shibuyatei
I’ve complained before about the lack of ramen shops in Richmond. I thought Gyoza King group had the market cornered. Well, I was wrong, technically — there are alternatives, if you’re willing to look for them. Shibuyatei is a tiny ramen shop located on the edge of central Richmond, operated by a single Japanese man. There’s ...
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nan chuu + g-men ramen
A year or so back, G-men Ramen in Continental Plaza closed its doors, stumping Richmond residents who wanted good ramen without travelling to Robson Street. Luckily, shortly after that, the Gyoza King group (which owns Gyoza King, G-men, Nan Chuu, Gyo-o, Chicco, and a couple other Japanese restaurants) announced that G-men was not gone, but ...
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g-men ramen
Of all the ramen restaurants I’ve been to, I’ve seemingly neglected to visit one of the closest ones to me: G-men in Continental Centre — the same plaza as Pearl Castle, Posh, and Gyo-O. Speaking of Gyo-O, both it and G-men are part of the Gyoza King group, a group (I don’t really want to ...
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new york new york: ippudo
This is what you see when you stand outside the door of New York City’s Ippudo. In a similar way to Vancouver’s ramen restaurants, the exterior of this world-famous ramen joint (Vancouver Slop calls it “so good, it’s freakish”) is understated and elegant and woody. Reminded me a bit of Motomachi Shokudo, actually, with all ...
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hokkaido ramen santouka
I finally decided to go downtown and try out Santouka, the relatively-new ramen shop on Robson. Normally, going downtown just to try ramen would be a bit of a far trip and a hassle, but Teaze mochi waffles were tempting me (it was closed!), and I wanted to visit the Robson Gap. In any case, ...