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Wagaya

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We got together for some noodles over the weekend at Wagaya which translates to Our Home . The owners strive for a friendly and comforting restaurant with as many local and organically sourced products available. It is a small place with about 40 seats, but they have a really cool electronic wait system that links to your phone. If you have a long wait, you can make the 3 minute walk to Chiko's around the corner for some pre-dinner cocktails and keep an eye on your spot on the wait list on your phone. Wagaya is open for lunch from 11:30am to 2:00pm and dinner from 5:30pm to 9:00pm. The tonkotsu ramen broth is made from chicken and kurobuta pork bones that simmers in different stages for two days! They also have a shoyu broth made from fish, chicken, and konbu dashi and a vegetarian broth with sesame and miso. Wagaya offers oodles of customization opportunities like noodle firmness, noodle thickness, noodle serving size, salt flavoring, and spicyness from standard (non-spicy) to...
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Menya Le Nood

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For our first Noods in Paradise outing, we chose a location none of us had been to, Menya Le Nood in Kakaako. Parking is extremely limited but we lucked out with a spot right in front of the restaurant. Inside there are enough tables for about 40 guests. They serve lunch from 11am to 2:30pm and dinner from 5pm to 10pm. They also have happy hour from 5pm to 7pm with specials on beer and appetizers. Menya offers Tsukemen and Ramen. I had to google a few words to understand what ingredients were in the different options on the menu as they use mostly non-English words to describe the ingredients. Only green onions was listed in English. I wonder why just that one? Kakuni = Pork Belly Ajitama = Seasoned Ramen Egg Menma = Bamboo Shoots Nori = Edible Seaweed Charsiu = Roasted Pork After you decide if you want Tsukemen or Ramen and what option of ingredients you would like, you then choose from the following broths: Shoyu - Traditional Japanese style soy broth Tonkotsu - Rich and...
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