a call for ramen advice!

[chaodai]

in the past, i have blogged about my ongoing quest for great ramen noodlesnow, for much of the past few months, satisfying my ramen cravings has been as simple as walking the five or so blocks from my downtown la loft to daikokuya - one of the city's most acclaimed den of noodles and pork soup. for several months now, daikokuya's thick, buttery

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[clemidia]

There's a restaurant here that serves a ramen coleslaw of sorts. It is incredible: refreshing, flavorful and unequalled.

Have you ever tried something like that?

[jarmon]

Completely unrelated to this post but I just stumbled across text ads for The Middle Man on myspace.com. The push is starting! Good luck with the series I hope it kicks ass and takes names.

[clayrobeson]

But "C" usually means 1 of 2 things:

Average

or

no lower than 70%

Is it really that bad?

I ask this knowing full well that *I* wouldn't eat in a place that got a C. :)

[hmasing]

I tastes like melted kitty!

[bakednudel]

Maybe restaurant ratings by the health department are different in LA, but here in North Carolina you really don't want to be eating in a place that is less than 90.

Our local news does restaurant health reviews weekly (surely they do this on the LA news too?) and believe me the stuff they describe that causes a restaurant to go below even 90 (food at room temperature, mouse droppings, roaches, fresh meat dripping onto salads or veggies, moldy ice tea urns etc. etc.) is pretty bad.

Of course, it's also said that most homes couldn't pass a health inspection. ;) Good luck with finding a new ramen heaven.

[brermatt]

Fortunately, Los Angeles County posts their restaurant inspections online hereThey don't have the most recent one from daikokuya that gave a C, but they do have one from 1/29/2008, where they had an 83 which is a B. The last 4 had been Bs