There be a restaurant in olde London’s Soho that doth bear a suspicious resemblance to another, one just down the road and around a corner. If imitation is a sincere form of flattery, what do you call it when a noodle shop gets even its *ahem* homage slightly wrong? Ramen Seto is all washed out in orange paint, or 
Mention Daruma Ramen within earshot of anyone from Fukuoka, and you’ll likely get an enthusiastic thumbs up for a ramen shop a bit off the radar but unanimously beloved by the locals. 7 and i Holdings now feature Daruma instant tonkotsu ramen, 
mitsuwa umaimono food festival
Mitsuwa's Umaimono food festival is underway this weekend with representatives from all walks of Japanese cuisine, gourmet pudding, Kukuru, a venerable takoyaki octopus ball stand, and yes, even ramen in the form of Chibaki-ya! Chef Chiba-san is visiting from Tokyo just for the occasion. Famed as the innovator of the hanjuku soft boiled egg in ramen, his delicate sappari chicken and pork bone shoyu chukasoba is a taste of Tokyo in Torrance, California. For one glorious weekend at least.
