Seeking Food - By Ketojinic

We finally make it to Ippudo after having drinks and fries at Frying Pan. Of course, the first thing we do is down a few shots of sake! Check out the ramen underneath the bar counter's glass! Who would have thought instant ramen could be used as decoration? One of my friends orders this and for the life of me I cannot figure out what the heck it is but check out how cute it is! We also get the philly cheesesteak eggrolls and hirata buns, which are very popular with all the carnivores in the group.  The hirata buns are heaven in your mouth. There really isn't enough to go around so get your own! Some people say they are better than momofuku's version. I think it's different. Not as sweet, for sure. As for the veggie lovers in our crowd, the agedashi tofu is one of the most clean and popular starters. It still doesn't beat Raku's version but it comes a close second to me. The Tan Tan Ramen is the special ramen so I have to get ...

$35 pre-fixed menu plus $12 sake flight and around $10 for dessert per person. And this is what we got for that money: I will try my best to describe what we ate since there wasn't a menu that we were looking at to see what we were eating. The waitresses just described what it was we were eating. We started off with a sashimi salad. There were three different types of raw, mouth watering fish that melted like butter in my mouth. When this came, we were seriously shocked. On the phone, they said it was a three course pre fixed menu so we thought for a nano second, that this was our entree. thinly sliced beef with toasted garlic, green onions, etc. that you roll up and pop in your mouth. Since it was a tapas style, each person got to eat two. They were the size of my thumb when laid flat. But then this came. Bacon-wrapped mushrooms. Anything with bacon and the mushroom gave it some juicy squirts in my mouth. Now I was curious to see what else would come. Nice! Crispy chick...