Orange County Ramen Shop Opens in Hillcrest Today | Eater San Diego

"Opening in Hillcrest, this 1,101-square-foot, 30-seat Fifth Avenue shop brings HiroNori Craft Ramen to San Diego, built by co-founders Hiromichi Igarashi and Tadanori Akasakao from their experience as ramen chefs. A Los Angeles–area factory supplies the restaurant’s special noodles (thin or thick) and most ramen bases, including a 24-hour simmered pork tonkotsu. The menu features tonkotsu, a shoyu ramen made with two-year barrel-aged soy sauce, and a vegan sesame miso ramen packed with vegetables, soy meat, and tofu, plus pork, chicken, or seafood-topped rice bowls and appetizers such as pork belly buns, cucumber crab salad, and garlic-soy fried chicken. The shop will be open 11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, plans to add beer and sake, and applies a 15% service charge in lieu of tipping; LA restaurateur James Kozono is overseeing the San Diego expansion with additional locations planned." - Candice Woo