{"id":30212,"date":"2025-10-03T14:10:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T19:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=30212"},"modified":"2025-10-03T14:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T19:10:20","slug":"brians-first-time-at-kyuramen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=30212","title":{"rendered":"Brian&#8217;s First Time at Kyuramen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54748599466\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54748599466_32daa6de8e_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just tried to search the blog for Kyuramen and didn&#8217;t find anything. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1CxfjYA4YZ\/\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My friend Chris Townley and I had been there at least a couple of times<\/a>. I can&#8217;t believe I never wrote about it. So weird. Anyway, I wanted to document this last visit because it was Brian&#8217;s first time there. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54748816484\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54748816484_d6faa57e6a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian has been on a ramen kick lately and often going to <a href=\"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=23607\" >Yokohama Ramen Izakaya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/19qXLCBEPF\/\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sometimes even without me<\/a>. Chris and I decided to drag him to Kyuramen because he&#8217;d never been there and we wanted to expand his ramen horizons. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54748939160\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54748939160_798f844480.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The interior decor of Kyuramen is quite unique with the honeycomb booths and the curtained booths. The vibe is just really neat. I also like the details like how they have their seasonings in these cute little containers at your table. <\/p>\n<p>Here are some pictures of the food we enjoyed on this visit&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54754652915\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54754652915_99ca2a8f32.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54754652895\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54754652895_b02ec10d45.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54754536793\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54754536793_5c138136aa.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54754536783\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54754536783_3057ccaee4.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54754652935\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54754652935_884854a900.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The interesting thing about the ramen bowls at Kyuramen is they have this little game. If you get to the bottom of the bowl, you might see a sign for a free drink, appetizer, or ramen. It&#8217;s always fun to try to eat all your ramen and drink all the soup; although, I honestly have never been able to finish mine. I usually just have to ask for a to go container and that&#8217;s the only time I&#8217;ve ever seen the bottom. But out of all these times, we never seen a winner. Our server that day said she never has seen a winning bowl either. So much for that game, I guess. LOL. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54198263391\/in\/album-72177720322508771\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54198263391_3d0268daa2_b.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another fun thing at Kyuramen is the craft station. If you have a bit of time, you can create a work of art and hang it. Chris and I have made ours. Brian didn&#8217;t want to make one on this visit but I&#8217;m hoping that he&#8217;ll make one next time we go because he&#8217;s really great at drawing. If you go, you definitely have to leave your mark just as many others have. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/54198696345\/in\/album-72177720322508771\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54198696345_51c0ba47a3_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, despite the fun, unique ambiance, Brian still prefers Yokohama Ramen Izakaya ramen flavors to Kyuramen. I kind of do too. What about you? Have you tried both of these places? If so, which do you like better?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just tried to search the blog for Kyuramen and didn&#8217;t find anything. My friend Chris Townley and I had been there at least a couple of times. I can&#8217;t believe I never wrote about it. So weird. Anyway, I wanted to document this last visit because it was Brian&#8217;s first time there. Brian has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[3127,3768,2691,61],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30212"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30219,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30212\/revisions\/30219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}