{"id":9917,"date":"2016-12-30T23:21:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T07:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/?p=9917"},"modified":"2017-05-19T10:48:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T18:48:06","slug":"yah-yah-ya-ramen-richmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/yah-yah-ya-ramen-richmond\/","title":{"rendered":"Yah Yah Ya Ramen in Richmond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lou and I met for lunch at Yah Yah Ya Ramen<\/strong>. It\u00a0was the first Japanese meal for both of us since we came back from our\u00a0trip to Japan in November, and we couldn’t help\u00a0keep\u00a0comparing the experience\u00a0to the ones I had in Japan.<\/p>\n

It is\u00a0indeed a luxury to be seated in a spacial dining room like this at Yah Yah Ya. \u00a0The Ramen joints in Japan are\u00a0very tiny, as they are\u00a0almost like street food in the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

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Yah Yah Ya Ramen, Richmond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The friendly waitress came over and took our orders. In Japan, you are likely to place your order like using a vending machine at a ramen joint.\u00a0Although I find punching buttons to order my food quite interesting, but it is a little nicer to be taken care by people. \u00a0Although quite friendly, I wish they had been\u00a0a little more attentive on\u00a0our tea and\u00a0water.<\/p>\n

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Yah Yah Ya Ramen, Richmond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had the regular\u00a0Shoyu Ramen<\/strong> \u00a0($9.95). \u00a0The broth was not too \u00a0greasy and the flavour was quite decent. It came with some toasted seaweed, Chashu pork, spinach and half of an flavoured egg. The noodles were perfectly al dente. In my opinion it was actually better than the bowl of Ramen\u00a0I had in Shibuya, in which I found the broth flavour quite\u00a0salty, although it couldn’t beat the one I had at a small family ramen joint in Hakone. But overall, like a lot of places in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, the ramen here is definitely on par with what you generally get in Japan.<\/p>\n

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sh0yu ramen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lou ordered his favourite type, the regular Black Ramen<\/strong> ($11.25). The black in the black ramen bowl usually refers to the black garlic paste. We were both surprised to see that the broth was not black at all, and there was only a small batch of the black garlic sauce hidden under the seaweed.<\/p>\n

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black tonkatsu\u00a0ramen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We ordered a few sides to share as well. Tow of them were the ones\u00a0we missed a lot having in Japan, but the versions here\u00a0were far from what we expected. The Mentaiko<\/strong>\u00a0had a\u00a0paste like texture, and it seemed to be rather the extra sauce for the ramen than a side for snacking. We were a little disappointed because the mentaiko snacks\u00a0were so common and so delicious in Japan. The Onigiri<\/strong> rice balls were nowhere near the ones we had in Japan as well. The rice was very bland. \u00a0\u00a0However the Gyoza<\/strong>\u00a0dumplings were fried properly and also quite tasty.<\/p>\n

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mentaiko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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onigiri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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gyoza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the first Japanese meal we had after our trip to Japan, although the dining experience was very different from the ones in Japan, \u00a0the ramen noodle bowls were quite decent at Yah Yah Ya. The ramen shops, especially the ones owned and operated by Japanese, \u00a0are actually quite good in Vancouver, as taking pride of what they are doing and keep up with the quality is always part of their culture. \u00a0However, \u00a0the small items like mentaiko or onigiri, were not nearly close to what we had in Japan. Those are definitely the must-try things when you travel to Japan!<\/p>\n

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