 So today instead of LA like we did last time we're doing San Francisco and we're doing two spots officially it's Hinodeya and Mencho Ramen so we're gonna be trying those both and right now right behind me we're about to go to Hinodeya and let's see how it is. Alright everybody so we're at Hinodeya Ramen and I just ordered and again we got the Hinodeya Ramen which is like you know the best measure of like what they do and I got myself a cocktail because I'm illegal so now we're just waiting for our order to come in. Oh and I forgot to mention this is like that's how you order. Basically what you do is you scan that QR code and then they know what table you scan from because the QR code is like oily and then they just bring it to you. That's the future. Look at these babies. He got the clam ramen. This broth looks real pretty, real golden and the chashu and the menma. Dude I love menma not many places give menma so this is my drink. Alright, let's eat. Pink noodles. I got firm. Very clear broth. Very clear broth. That's good. I got a little bit spicy too and it's not too salty, it's very smooth, I just know a time ago for my boyfriend. Let's go ahead and try this chashu. Okay, first impressions. It's not super tender like I've had in like really good places before. It's pretty tasty. I do like it like this with just a little bit of tenderness in it. I do think it could be a little bit better though. Yeah that's pretty damn good. It's also a little sweet and some people like it more runny but I kind of, I like it like this. So yesterday we went to Hinodeya Ramen. I didn't record an in-cap for it because I did get drunk off of that one cocktail. It's way for those to pass. So basically what I thought about it was is that it was a really fulfilling ramen. The only thing is that I have unfortunately like really American taste buds and I really like punchy flavor, really like strong flavor and it didn't have a lot of salt in it which I think I would have liked. I really like salty stuff. Even though it didn't have a lot of salt I think it was still pretty good. Like the broth itself was just like it was still like a really good flavor. Even without that so that says a lot I think that it was still good even without all that salt in it. So right now we're gonna go try Marufuku Ramen which I fucked it up yesterday. I said we were going to Menchil which is another ramen place here but we're not going to that one. It's for the one that I want it was pretty expensive so we're gonna keep it kind of in budget. So we're gonna go to Marufuku and that's what's happening next. What the fuck? We just noticed that there was a Hinodeya right here in Japan Town where we're at fuck. So before we decided to go to Marufuku's we had actually found out that it was pretty close to where we were at sitting in Japan Town so we decided to hit up the mall real quick first which might I mention this one was a lot more active than the mall in LA and there was a lot more open stores but as we were walking through the mall we found out Marufuku's was in the mall so it kind of worked out perfectly. Alright so we just ordered uh we got the Tonkotsu and he got the Tonkotsu DX which is basically like the upgraded version. Also the wait time to get in here was absolutely insane so we got on their Yelp wait list like some people told us to do and that was three hours ago. We just barely got in and it's closed now even though it closes in two hours so if you want to come to this place plan ahead. So now we're just waiting for the stuff and we're going to eat too. That's the DX. That's pretty okay let's try this. Besties that's fucking oh my god dude that's good it's like soy and like creamy at the same time that's delicious. Alright let's get this Tonkotsu and they also added the mushrooms the woody mushrooms that usually I didn't like but they're not affecting the broth too much. Alright so let's try this trashy right here. Dude that's delicious it's like sweet and it's tender and it also tastes like the broth so that's fucking boggers. Okay so for the egg it's not like coated or anything which I really uh I usually really like when they coat it so I'm a little sad but like it's not super disappointing and then the egg is just a consistency that I like it so you know what it's still good. Dude this is what he got in his DX ramen his deluxe ramen. Dude I just took a bite of that shit and I think I just died and went to heaven and then came back to sit at this bowl again oh my god that is so good oh holy shit I have a small stomach guys I couldn't finish it I'm sorry but I am taking it home and I will be enjoying this. Thank you West Mall for bringing us some damn good ass ramen. Alrighty everybody it's omniscient nerd reversal because I didn't record an end cap for this one we were kind of reeling after it like it was it was insanely good we just could not get over it. So here's the review. So basically this ramen was absolutely beautiful it was so creamy it had a lot of flavor in it every single thing that was in the broth carried its own flavor which was really really good because the flavor of the broth was so good the only thing I didn't like was the egg because it wasn't really soaked but even then even inside the broth it was still good on its own and usually wood ear mushrooms like they did at Tsujita they kind of fucked with the flavor of the broth and they made it kind of taste like it but these ones just added crunch they didn't do much and when we got a take-home order we waited like a day or two to eat it and then we ate it the day later it still didn't taste like mushrooms also the deluxe ramen that they gave us that soaked pork belly was unmatched if my boyfriend still won't shut up about it and he wants to eat it again it was absolutely delicious so if nothing else even if this ramen were piss poor that meat was still good and this ramen was not piss poor so everything together just ended up being so so delicious my boyfriend says that it may be better than Meno in LA I think that they're very strong contenders for each other I think that Meno was still my favorite because it was a little creamier and a little sweeter but they were absolutely both delicious they're both on my list of top five ramen and they're both taking up the first two spots also by the way we went to Alcatraz on this trip so i'm including the clips as a little treat thanks