Santouka Ramen - One of the most famous ramen chains delights the world with creamy tonkatsu style ramen and serves delicious pork cheek meat. Just look and you'll find them in Japan, Singapore, USA, Canada, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Hong Kong!
My experience at Santouka in the San Jose Mitsuwa japanese grocery market was welcomed with a long line and anxious security guard making sure you don't block the flow of traffic. The ramen is definitely worth coming to if you can also combine some japanese grocery shopping. I got the spicy miso Toriniku(pork cheek) ramen and Ying got the salt flavored ramen. The broth was incredible and had a very nice depth, milky thick consistency from the pork bone/marrow, salty, balance from pickled plums, and some tasty bonito. They claim to boil their pork bones for 20 hours to develop their milky tonkatsu style broth. Unfortunately the rest of the bowl ingredients were just subpar. The bamboo shoots, fungus mushrooms, and noodles were just okay. The Yakiniku pork cheeks along with other ingredients are served on a separate plate from the Ramen Bowl. However a star was that the pork cheeks were tender, fatty and oh so tasty. They do not serve an egg with their ramen which to me is a must. Orenchi is still the best Ramen (total package), but the broth at Santouka just can't be beat. TTT approved especially if you can add in some shopping =).
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