Vegetarian ramen?
Does anyone know of where I could find vegetarian ramen - something with a veggie/mushroom based broth? Fish based broth is okay too. I am willing to go pretty much anywhere in LA or OC to try some good (non-meat) ramen.
Thanks!
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Kansai, mentioned in the other thread, is pretty good. Very salty, possibly lots of MSG, but not bad. The gf and I have gone to Takeshi in Glendale, which has a broth they claim is vegetarian. It was pretty good... not sure how much I trust that it was veg, but worth checking out.
If you eat fish, you should be able to eat ramen at a lot of places - lots of broth is made with just kombu and bonito. I don't have any good specific recommendations though.
In addition to the other recommendations for Chinese and Vietnamese noodle places, you could try Indochine in Glendale - I think their broth is better than Pho Cafe's, though the vegetables aren't that great. Also, there's a veggie Vietnamese place waaay south on Rosemead - forget the name, but you can find it on this forum. And Tea Shaker, a vegetarian restaurant which is now in El Monte, has some good soups.
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re: MeAndroo
Mr Ramen, in Little Tokyo, offers a vegetarian (no pork, no bonito) stock you can substitute for any noodle dish on the menu. I recommend the curry one. If you expand your horizons towards Chinese noodle dishes, Bean Sprouts Cafe in Arcadia makes a real good vegetarian "beef" noodle soup. And they make a mushroom broth for the vegetarian soups at Pho Cafe in Silverlake.
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