I have 30 hours in SF and I’m considering doing a ramen tour. Coming from LA, would this be a worthwhile venture?
I’d probably use this list as a general guide, unless you FTC’ers have better suggestions. I’ll be staying somewhat near the bill graham and will have a car.
I think a bowl of ramen’s as much or more food than the smallish pizzas a lot of the best SF places make, and leftover pizza is better suited to stashing in your car trunk for later.
I’d recommend A16 since it was one of the first if not the first to kick off the Neapolitan pizza craze. Robert and I argued whether or not the center was too soggy sometimes about a decade ago. Ah, good times
Then Una Pizza Napoleatana because when he was in NYC he sparked the Neapolitan pizza boom there.
Certainly more “fresh” than "unctuous ". Use of fresh produce was evident and made for a satisfying meal as I was feeling a bit under the weather at the time. Black sesame ice cream sandwiches was a definite highlight.
I finally got around to trying Ippudo Berkeley. No wait at 9:30 on Tuesday. Everything was very high-quality and tasty. I personally prefer noodles not in soup, so I’m no ramen connoisseur, but I liked the chewy, extra-firm thin noodles a lot. My favorite thing was the pork shoulder(?) in the appetizer bun.