If I understand the rules correctly, you are supposed to list 5 of your favorite mom & pop places to give them a little boost in business and recognition. I'm not sure my choices are exactly "mom & pop", but they are my favorite and within 5 miles of where I live....so here goes.
Momofukutei in Ikeda (one station away from our place). I've previously posted about them here and here. Named after the inventor of Cup Noodle, the late Momofuku Ando, this little restaurant is a great place for lunch or dinner.
Another noodle place near our place is Hanamichi. I love their tomato miso ramen. Lots of lycopene and collagen from the soup. I've posted about this place, here. In fact, I just had this the other day.
MOS Burger. This is a burger place that you can find around Japan and is definitely not "mom & pop". MOS stands for mountain, ocean, sun and boasts fresh veggies and ingredients used. There is even a list of which farms they got their veggies from that day and everything is made to order. I usually eat their roast katsu burger (pork loin cutlet). I love this sandwich because they put lots of shredded cabbage. In summer, I also look forward to their naan taco--Naan (Indian flatbread) with taco meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato and spicy salsa sauce on top. There used to be a shop in Waikiki, but they have since closed down.
Abientot. I've posted about this place here, here & here. I love their breads and sandwiches and try to stop by anytime I go to Makiochi (two stations away from our place).
And for dessert, Korakudo. This little sweet shop has interesting mochi (rice cakes), like their nama choco daifuku (rice cake with ganache inside). I've posted about this place here and here.
Whew! that was a lot of food. Thanks Melting Wok for this thought provoking list-up. It was sure hard to narrow my choices down to 5, but it was fun!
What's your 5 favorite places to eat?
UPDATE: Momofukutei is now Ippudo and Hanamichi no longer serves the tomato miso ramen.
You had some great picks for your list-
ReplyDeleteThanks Jann! Maybe you could list up your favorite 5?
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Kat
That naan taco sounds good.
ReplyDeleteOne time I had the curry naan at CoCo Ichi, but one wasn't enough to be satisfying and they were too pricey for me to feel good about buying two.
Trust me, IAJB, the naan taco is good. I haven't been to Cocoichiban in awhile, so I don't know their curry naan, but it sounds really good too!
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Kat
Hopefully I'll get a chance to try the naan taco someday.
ReplyDeleteThe curry naan was a brilliant idea because it combined naan (one of the best things in the world) with Japanese curry (another one of the best things in the world). Too bad the naan was fairly small making the regular curry much more attractive price wise.
That is too bad about the Cocoichiban curry naan, I think I may have tried a similar curry naan at a local bakeshop. It was pretty large, about 12 inches long and only about $1.50US.
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Kat
Kat !! Must be hard to round up to 5 of our favorite place to eat huh ? You came up with it so fast ? Amazing !:) My, you know, I was craving ramen lately, went to this place the other day, had this creamy soup broth with cha shu, I forgot the name, do you know what I'm referring to ? If you've the recipe, tt'd be great ! Oh, I also had yakitori's the other day, my god..I'm dying for somemore now !! hm..do you know the special imported charcoal the Japanese restaurants used..gosh, the smoky flavor is so robust, I'm so hooked to all the skewered foods now :(
ReplyDeleteWow, MOS burger sounds interesting, its great to have some pork cutlet for a change isn't it ?:) Thx for being a sweet sport, Kat, cheers and you have a great week !:)
Hi Melting Wok,
ReplyDeleteI'm not too sure what kind of creamy soup you are referring to. There are some that are cloudy called tonkotsu, which is made from the pigs bones. If you get a chance to eat the ramen again, let me know what it was called and I can surf for a recipe for you :)
Take care.
Kat