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| - sure, all of us has had ramen...whether its the college staple of top ramen to the exotic kim-chee korean ramen bowls. i finally found a great japanese ramen restaurant in las vegas. this was an accidental, but a much needed find. it's also surprisingly located near, but not on the strip. it's actually located across the Hard Rock Hotel-Casino, next to a decent pho restaurant (it's like soup country!!!). The ramen noodles will be in a stock created from pork and chicken bone, and then the kicker zing is when the stock is seasoned with soy sauce. by far my most favorite ramen to order is the Tsukemen. i love this b/c it's not your typical big bowl o' ramen. it's actually a two separate items...a plate full of cold ramen egg noodles, and a hot bowl of ramen stock filled with a hard boiled egg, some salty pieces of charshu (pork), and garnished with some cabbage, green onions, and seaweed. you basically take some noodles into your soup spoon and dip it into the broth. i always order this at this restaurant. no other restaurant in vegas (so far i have found) has this dish. They also have a similar dish with crispy salty fried chicken instead of pork. I also love the uni-ikura bowl...chunks of chilled creamy orange uni (sea urchin) topped with a plethora of the salty orange ikura (salmon roe) on top of sushi rice garnished with sesame seed and nori strips. there are many things on the menu. they have many more types of ramen, but i just can't stray from my favorite. so, if you're looking for a hot bowl of ramen on a cold evening in vegas, i really suggest this place. the bad-ass thing about this place is that it opens at 11:30am and closes at 2am!! it even has a small grocery store inside, so you can find weird japanese snacks, candies and drinks. also, many of the customers of this place are japanese. With that being said, you gotta try it!!!
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