Monday, July 18, 2011

Everybody loves Ramen

"Everybody loves Ramen"
Totto Ramen, New York
A little-hole-in-the-wall eatery, 4 items on the menu (1 for the vegetarians like me), some side options, entertaining chefs, and Japan's favorite comfort food has won the spoilt-for-choice New Yorkers over.

I had, so far, only known ramen in its instant variety form. Therefore my only expectation of Totto Ramen was that of a steaming bowl of noodles, done to perfection.

What I got was spicy vegetarian ramen, in a soy based broth, with all kinds of peppers, veggies, mushroom shavings, tofu, avocados and a fantastically pickled egg as a side. Goodness! Explains the serpentine queues outside, at any given point in time.

2 comments:

Neel said...

on seeing this, the first thing that came to my mind was "is it veggie? dont think its for me"... glad to read u a veggie too... but not sure if i would like the food :(

Pooja said...

Oh you would. I used to have these biases too. They come in the way of some great food experiences. You need to sample the food before you make your judgement :)