GO RAMEN!®: Nevada

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Lates Vegas...

Day 631:

Thanks for holding on to my money.

I'll be back to make a withdrawal someday.

Or maybe I'll be back to serve you some $50 ramen.

The Aliens will decide my fate.

Naengmyeon?

Lates...

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Grand...

Day 630:

Bacon and egg quesadilla from Del Taco...fuel.

Five-hour drive to the Grand Canyon...far.

Hoover Daaaaamn!

Peace.

Holy...

We are ants.

Grand indeed!

Five-hour drive home...far.

Monta Ramen was my motivation for driving home, a new shop claiming to serve Kurume-style tonkotsu in Las Vegas.

This is no Kurume Taiho but decent for Vegas. The people seem to like it. I thought the Tonkotsu Ramen was a tad too sour but couldn't quite place where it was coming from.

The noodles fared fairly well considering that they seem to be the achilles heel for most ramen in the states.

The Shoyu Ramen was considerably better than the one I had yesterday.

But I wasn't a fan of these noodles.

So...looking for ramen in Las Vegas? Monta is your best bet.

And I can also bet the chef will improve with more experience...

Monday, July 25, 2011

Need mo zen...

Day 629:

Time for some shopping.

Sightseeing.

And eating.

I actually hate buffets. haha.

How about we relax?

Take a swim.

And get MOzen.

I wanted to order the room service ramen last night, but fell asleep. MOzen Bistro inside Mandarin Oriental had the same ramen on their menu, but at $26 did I really want to try it?

Dammit, I couldn't resist. At least I'd be losing my money to ramen and not the poker tables. Anyway, you don't really want to know what I think do you? Let me just say this: If you can charge $26 for this **** in Vegas, imagine what I could charge for a bowl of GCS.

I asked the waiter (he was cool) if the soup base was made with chicken and he replied: "No it's beef! That's what the pork is stewed in." I didn't quite understand what he meant by that, but whatever.