IPPUDO Cupertino
Ramen restaurant · Cupertino ·
Chain serving ramen and small plates with flavorful broths
Chain serving ramen and small plates with flavorful broths
"Hailing from New York City, Ippudo is a chain known for top-tier tonkotsu ramen. The pork broth, which is slow-boiled for more than 20 hours, is distinctly silky and savory. Customers most often order the Akamaru Modern, Ippudo’s signature ramen made with the shop’s original pork broth that’s enhanced with a special blended piquant akamaru paste and fragrant garlic oil. You also can’t go wrong with the other ramen offerings, like the Karaka Spicy or Yuzu Shoyu, which embody classic Japanese ramen flavors with a twist." - Paolo Bicchieri
"Like Marufuku in Japantown, Ippudo is a ramen chain worthy of your time. You customize noodle firmness, on a scale ranging from yawa (soft) to bari kata (firm), which is what sets this SoMa spot apart. The route you take is all about personal preference, but always go firm, since the noodles will cook a bit more in the soup. Tonkotsu broth is their specialty—the Karaka, a spicier version of the creamy original, is a foolproof order. And if you’re someone who gets hot and bothered at the sound of slow-simmered pork belly chashu, they put it on everything here." - Julia Chen
"The popular Fukuoka-based ramen chain opened its first Silicon Valley location, known for its pork-based tonkotsu broth served in several variations." - Luke Tsai
"Bay Area ramen fans will soon have another place to worship: Ippudo, the Japanese ramen chain founded by Shigemi Kawahara in 1985 that opened its first West Coast location in Berkeley in 2017 and followed with a San Francisco spot in 2018, planned a Silicon Valley outpost at 19540 Vallco Parkway, Suite 130 in Cupertino. The restaurant says the Cupertino shop will introduce six new menu items that were recently rolled out at its West Hollywood location, though a spokesperson declined to specify those dishes; posted hours are 11 a.m.–2:30 p.m. and 5–10 p.m. on weekdays (10:30 p.m. on Fridays) and 11 a.m.–10 p.m. on weekends. The article was later updated to note a delay in the originally scheduled opening date." - Eve Batey
"First opened in Fukuoka, Japan in 1985, the Hakata-style ramen shop came to the U.S. in 2008 and has since opened locations from Thailand and Australia to Paris, France; up north it opened two locations in the San Francisco Bay Area with a third planned in Cupertino. Ippudo is clearly trying to become the biggest ramen restaurant chain in the world by picking key global cities to expand to." - Matthew Kang