Steve L.
Yelp
When you come to JINYA, come hungry!
Start with the JINYA Tonkotsu Black, our perennial go to dish. It contains an extra meaty and flavorful pork broth: pork chashu, kikurage, green onion, nori dried seaweed, seasoned egg (you can substitute for a "special egg" which means just hard boiled). garlic chips, garlic oil, and fried onion. I repeat, you will be slurping up the deep, meat infused broth all the way to the bone. It's that good. The pork chasu is wonderfully slow cooked and soft and tender. I added the gyoza and salad combination. I would definitely would want a little more gyoza for the price ($6.80), but we gave one to each of my four kids and said that was their entire lunch (just kidding of course).
On to the chicken and wonton ramen. It comes with wonton, kikurage and green onion. It has a thinner broth that leaves you with a little lighter feeling, but still is all the while flavorful. If you want something on the lighter side with less toppings, this is a great choice. I can say the same about the shrimp wonton ramen. Overall it had a more saltier and shrimp laden broth, but still was thick and flavorful.
I so appreciated the complexity and the slight nuances of each of the ramen broths. Reminds me of some of the great ramen places that are so prolific in my hometown (LA). Overall, we love the fact that we can hit a JINYA either on 1960 or off 290. Sure the bowls are a tad pricey but that's what you pay for solid food. Great service by Linda as well!