安姬★胡言亂語

【 J-goods Magazine Ramen Tasting event】Ikkousha Hakata Ramen Torrance store

【PART II 食物篇】

【安姬強力推薦】
原味豬骨拉麵
煎餃
炒飯

真心強力推薦煎餃。煎餃看似相貌平平也不算大顆，但是吃下去真的是小宇宙在嘴裡爆炸的感覺!!! (我們兩個吃貨都是一放到嘴裡會馬上往後傾的那種....因為煎餃在嘴裡爆炸了 XDDDDD)
豬肉餡沒有腥味還有肉汁香味，重點是旁邊附的一小塊柚子辣醬配煎餃沾醬更是一絕!!!!! 那是我們一口氣就掃掉的前菜。

至於炒飯其實要不是Sherry點我也不會點。因為本人對炒飯有偏見，我一直覺得炒飯是給不懂點亞洲餐的白人吃的填肚子用的餐，所以我從來不去點炒飯。不過這個炒飯吃下去真的是滿口香氣粒粒分明。飯粒不會太硬也不會太軟，鹹度剛剛好炒得非常香! 如果你喜歡鼎泰豐的炒飯你也會喜歡他們的炒飯。

炸雞其實還ok因為炸得太大塊了，要咬有點困難，加上我們真的點太多東西了所以炸雞咬一口後直接被打入冷宮。

Menu上的拉麵都以豚骨拉麵為主(只有一道鹽味拉麵提供給口味比較清淡的客人)。因為看到有特殊口味的豬骨湯，我們好奇就點了兩個最貴的。一個是黑麻油拉麵一個是辛味明太子拉麵。明太子拉麵我還點了premium topping所以配料排的很闊氣。黑拉麵吃起來其實味道偏平淡，而且湯稍微涼掉了....以這種白湯還摻有豬油的濃湯來說，溫度一涼會減少它的風味 (因為表面的油會開始凝固)。吃貨S不甚滿意，剛好店長Yasu桑過來問候我們，我就叫S跟店長反映(既然他們是新開的店，該反映的還是要反映，他們才有改進空間您說是吧) XD 店長馬上offer給我們一碗新的還問我們要甚麼口味。這次S就想說那試試原味豬骨好了，因為主辦小姐剛剛跟我們閒聊時還有特別推薦。

黑麻油拉麵

辛味明太子拉麵

很快原味豬骨端上來馬上嘗了一口...... 瞪愣!!!!!! 馬上S的眼睛大兩倍 XDDD 整個有被驚艷倒! (據他本人心得指出，他覺得這個味道比紐約一風堂的豬骨拉麵好吃) 我也馬上嘗一口~挖屋!!! 真的是目前LA豬骨拉麵裡最驚人的風味耶!! (可能也因為湯的溫度夠，真的非常好吃)

充滿泡泡的原味豬骨拉麵

店長在旁邊解釋說，只有原味豬骨拉麵表面上會有一層小泡泡。那絕對不是高湯的雜質，那是當水跟高湯還有空氣到達他們要求的完美平衡的時候才會產生的泡泡。如果下次你去他們的店裡點原味豬骨沒看到這層泡泡，可以跟店員反應，他們絕對會馬上換一碗新的完美平衡豬骨拉麵給你。

解釋到這店長Yasu桑跑去廚房裡拿出他的"秘密武器"出來繼續解說。
請看PART III : http://huistheartist.pixnet.net/blog/post/180461107

【Angie's highly recommended items】
•Tonkotsu standard ramen
•Gyoza
•Fried Rice

Sherry and I were both curious about the ramen with extra flavors so we ordered mentaiko tonkotsu with premium topping and tonkotsu black. (toppings are extra $) We also ordered fried rice, gyoza and karage (fried chicken).

Gyoza didn't look anything special but it's the MUST ORDER!! The dumpling size is not big but it will "explode" in your mouth. It's tasty and juicy and by eating it with that red Yuzu Kosh sauce at the side.... It's really a magical combination. It's actually the best Japanese gyoza I have ever had. Yasu san told us the founder 吉村幸助 started working from a dumpling restaurant and it was his starting point of his restaurant career. No wonder the gyozas tasted so good.

Fried rice was just right! I am not a fried rice person (coz I always think it's just a filler food) but it's not too hard not to sticky and just with right amount of salt. It's delicious.

Not really a fan of karage fried chicken because it's too big and hard to bite. XD If you want you can ask staff to cut it for u to smaller pieces.

We both liked mentaiko tonkotsu ramen more since the flavor is stronger (plus I ordered premium topping so there were a lot of toppings...). Tonkatsu black was ok since the broth temperture was not hot enough (it's kind warm) and it actually tasted lighter. Store manager Yasu san came by and asked about our opinions and we told him about the broth.... He was soooo nice to offer that he could make a new one for us. So we got the standard tonkotsu instead. When we took a sip of the regular tonkatsu... we were like OMG!!! That's surprisingly good and rich! It's very creamy too... I couldn't imagine how long it takes to cook the broth. Without extra flavors like mentaiko or black sesame oil... you get to taste the original pure pork broth.

Yasu san explained that when you see the "foam" on the original tonkotsu ramen it actually means it's cooked JUST RIGHT. It's when the combination of water+pork broth+air meet at the perfect consistency. If you don't see the foam on your original tonkotsu next time you should tell them.They will give you a perfect one.

Then he went back to the kitchen and took out his "secret weapon" to show us. See PART III for more info.
http://huistheartist.pixnet.net/blog/post/180461107