I feel like truffle oil is very divisive. Personally, I can’t stand truffle oil and find it overpowering. It’s hard to describe the taste to me, but like a chemical gone bad, not sure which chemical though. There are many who don’t know that it’s specifically the truffle oil they hate, they just know they don’t like the dish at whatever place.
Hope this doesn’t come back as a trend. When it was I had to ask all the time about if the fries had truffle oil in them, which always ended up being an offensive question.
Tatsu is an tourist instagram trick restaurant, especially the one on Melrose next to Pink’s. You drive by, you see the line and you get in.
The gluten free ramen is way better than the regular one, it’s not bad. Great place to go if you have a celiac friend, they actually make it in a separate kitchen that’s gluten free and use separate bowls that have never touched gluten. Also, really good fried rice with excellent wok hei, though I haven’t been in about two years.
Blockquote Folks seem to be loving the new Japanese restaurant Kazan in Beverly Hills for a lot of different reasons, not least of which is this awesome graphic showing chef Ryu Isobe’s journey from leaving Tatsu to opening his own new noodle spot. Give the whole thing a hi-res look over at Food Talk Central.
Maybe they changed it in the last two days, but the menu I saw was completely in English. I did not see the one in the picture you posted (and instead saw the one that @skramzlife posted.) with the addition of a vegan ramen.
I’m so pissed that I some how missed this thread before going to Kazan last Friday. The ramen is downright awful. As others have mentioned, it was an overpriced truffle oil/butter salt bomb. This ramen was hands down the most upsetting thing I ate all year. I’m still waiting for Ashton Kutcher to come out to tell me I’ve been Punk’d with a bowl of Iki’s yuzu shio ramen in his hands.
You crack me up as I also get very upset and cranky when I am served food I don’t like, especially when it is food that has been hyped somewhere by someone. Lemonade anyone (among other monstrosities)?
Lemonade anyone (among other monstrosities)?