Stephen Hawking
Google
I was stationed in Tokyo for 3 years, so it's always been my goal to find good, authentic, and relatively inexpensive (here's looking at you, Sushi Den!) Japanese food in Denver. First, driving on Colorado is a mess, and blink, and you'll miss the entrance. Parking is kinda small but not bad during lunch. Service here was fantastic and fast. The waiter was very friendly and attentive. I started off with the Karaage (Japanese fried chicken), and it was incredible! First off, the portion was much larger than I expected. The chicken was crisp and juicy and the dipping sauce was incredible. Seriously, this is probably the closest thing to authentic Karaage that I've had in the states! I got the Tan Tan Ramen, and it was good, but not slapp-ya-momma good like the Karaage. At the risk of sounding pretentious, it's just hard to find the same quality of ramen outside of Japan. If I had to rank it, I would say it's not as good as Uncle Ramen, but it's still darn good. I also got an Asahi beer, and when all is said and done, I definitely recommend this place. They also have Donburi, Japanese rice bowls, that look delicious, including an Unagi (eel) bowl, which I really want to try. Overall, good experience and I'll be back.