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| - Moko Ramen has been on my go-to list for a month and finally tried last Saturday night with my friend. Their menu simply consists of small plates, rice, and ramen. When it comes to ramen, there are 2 options to choose; pick one of 8 kinds of signature ramen or make your own ramen.
We had a chance shortly to talk the owner, Ryan, and could hear that Moko Ramen was originally begun as Korean fusion tapas bar. We noticed that there were Korean rice bowl dishes and a line up of ramen toppings using Korean ingredients like dolsot bibimbap, kimchi, bulgogi, and so forth.
We ordered a dolsot (stone bowl) bibimbap and a Chashu ramen with kimchi and pork bulgogi as toppings. Bibimbap was served with 6 kinds of well seasoned veggies, chopped chashu, egg, miso soup, and gochujang which is Korean chili paste as a sauce. The stone bowl was heated up and was still sizzling when it came to our table. It was absolutely tasty. Plus we found crispy rice on the bottom of the dish when we almost finished the bowl and it was worth extra credit!
Chashu ramen consists of Tonkotsu broth, thin straight noodle, green onion, shredded chili string, and black garlic oil. The broth was more than enough to our tong happy and Chashu was the best I have ever had. It tasted and smelled like smoky as it was grilled and was absolutely meaty than fatty, but still very soft and tender.
We will come back soon to try their other signatures.
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