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| - First Review - October 2006
3 Stars
This is where the locals go for good old Japanese food. The place is not fancy at all in fact looks more like a cafeteria but if you want to eat off the strip, crave authentic Japanese flavors, don't want to spend a fortune or have visitors in Japan and want to make them feel welcome then hit up Togoshi Ramen. They serve up a lot more than a hot steamy bowl of Japanese style ramen.
My Mom and I took my grandma there during her first trip to the US. We flew out to Vegas and just when she was getting a little overwhelmed with the crowded streets and loud sounds of the casino we took her to Togoshi's and she looked relieved as if she was lounging on her own little paradise island. She found the food filling and comforting.
Then it was back to Vegas life. We let her rest up as my Mom and I hit up the sushi bar at the Wynn and drank way too much. Grandma had to put up with the 2 of us snoring through the O show. I actually was really looking forward to the show. Bummer!
Update - Second Visit May 7, 2008
5 Stars
A new owner has taken over this special Ramen joint as of November. You can tell as the food and flavor has been spruced up and so has the decor. The walls are painted red and I love the wall where a menu has been decoratively placed on beautiful twig backdrop. Very artsy.
My mom and I were back and we hustled are way to Vegas since we were craving ramen and more. Luckily with made it with an hour or more to spare thanks to my lovely speeding and we had forgotten that we gained an hour driving from Denver to Vegas. This is what we hit up...
First off we pounded a couple Sapporo drafts as "nama beer" is only $1.95. So good and refreshing especially after a 13 hour drive. Then we went nuts and ordered tons of dishes to share (ippen dishes is what they are called in Japan and it is the equivalent of ordering apps. or tapas here)
* Mentaiko (spicy cod roe)
* Gyoza (pot stickers)
*Chikuwa Tempura (tempura style fish meat in a hollow tube like form cut into bite size pieces)
*Tori no Karaage (fried chicken bites - my fave dish served with a wedge of lemon)
*Tako no Karaage (fried baby octopus - now my ultimate fave dish wow unbelievably tasty)
*Kimchee (Korean style spicy pickled Napa cabbage)
*side of rice ( I like to enjoy all of the above while eating it with steamed rice, how Japanesey of me)
*Shio Ramen (salt flavored ramen, there are tons of options! I actually topped mine with kimchee and I love the slice of pork (chashu or char siu style), bean sprouts and green onion toppings)
*Yakisoba (we ordered the comb: beef, pork and vegetable noodles, think Japanese style chowmein)
*Side of Kewpie Mayo (this is something I picked up while living in Japan for 2 years, dip everything in this Japanese mayo kicks everything up a notch esp. with chicken/taco karaage, mentaiko and yakisoba)
So yes, my Mom and I shared all of the above. Then we ordered some Onigiri (rice balls) to go for a snack for drive from Vegas to Monterey. We ordered a couple konbu (seasoned seaweed), an ume (Japanese plum) and katsuo (seasoned bonito fish flakes).
I also grabbed a Calpis aka Calipco ( I know, sounds like cow piss huh... love it) in a can to go since I was parched. They also have Chu-hai a very popular adult beverage in several falvors that I highly recommend. I love Calips Chu Hai!
So as you can see we had a blast and had a great time drinking beer and trying several of their dishes. The menu is extensive and they have them available in both Japanese and English. Love it! I can try an read the Japanese menu then I get fed up and order off the English one.
Great exciting new they are opening up another restaurant. Probably called Izakaya Togoshi in September! Very awesome... as Izakaya is the Japanese word for pub and is the place where you can grab an adult beverage and feast over small tapas like plates with friends and fam. Love the idea! can't wait to try them out in the near future.
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