Address: 4898 Convoy St #101, San Diego, CA 92111
Date Visited: 6/3/2017
# of Marathoners: 9 (Alli, Jayzee, Jenn, Jenne, Laura, Michael, Miko, Sarah P, Trinh)
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Ramen Marathon Pt. 3: Yakitori Yakyudori
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Ramen Marathon Pt. 2: Nishiki Ramen
Address: 8055 Armour St #201a, San Diego, CA 92111
Date Visited: 5/29/2017
# of Marathoners: 7 (Alli, Jayzee, Jenne, Laura, Michael, Miko, Sarah P)
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Ramen Marathon Pt. 1: Hokkaido Ramen Santouka
Address: 4240 Kearny Mesa Rd, San Diego, CA 92111
Date Visited: 5/29/2017
# of Marathoners: 7 (Alli, Jayzee, Jenne, Laura, Michael, Miko, Sarah P)
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Tonkotsu vs. Tonkatsu
There’s a very common mistake English speakers make when ordering at a ramen shop: mixing up the pronunciation of tonkOtsu and tonkAtsu. It wouldn’t be a big deal … if the two didn’t mean totally different foods. Gah, we’ve even seen it misspelled on local restaurant signs!
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Ramen Marathon: Criteria and Scoring
And here we have an explanation of our Ramen Marathon scoring system, along with our printable scoresheet.
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San Diego Ramen Marathon!
We are back, and we have a new project! 1 month + 10 ramen restaurants + 1 official scoresheet.
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Kula Revolving Sushi Bar
Salmon roe — only Miko ate this one.
Jenne & Miko recommend! Seared salmon with mayo.
Django recommends! Tempura Philadelphia roll.
Eel.
We have reunited with our now dear friends from Convoy Recon for a joint expeditionary force! Prepare yourself for a highly automated, tasty, and extremely kawaii experience.
Rating: Two thumbs up (Gold star potential)
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Off-Convoy: Dao Fu
Rating: Two thumbs up
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Off-Convoy: San Francisco!
We went to San Francisco partly for a library conference…but mostly to eat things.
Fried ramen egg!!
Seabass yakitori.
Spoiler: the best restaurant we that we tried in SF was Izakaya Sozai.
Off-Convoy: West Izu & Oimachi, Tokyo!
I wasn’t in Japan this time for a happy reason. However, with my brothers, family, and friends, who all love to eat as much as I do (which is saying a lot), we were obviously going to dedicate every second of free time and every bit of stomach space to finding delicious consumables. If you are ever in Tokyo or West Izu, here are some spots you should hit up:
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Convoy Conquest 