Friday, April 1, 2022

Dinner at Kokoro Ramen

Happy Friday! We went to our accountant to file taxes and walked about a kilometre to the corner of 41st Avenue and Victoria Drive to grab dinner. We're Catholics, and as part of our abstinence during Holy Week, we don't eat beef, pork, and chicken.

We originally thought of going to a sushi place because fish and seafood are allowed, but both sushi restaurants in the area are full. Hubby checked the menu of Kokoro Ramen and spotted that they have vegetarian ramen. It's raining as usual in Vancouver, so a bowl of ramen sounds good.

Izakaya

We tried Baby Ikageso (deep-fried squid) for the first time and ordered our usual takoyaki for our appetizer.

Baby Ikageso

Takoyaki

Vegetarian and Vegan Ramen

I can't believe this is my first(?) time trying vegetarian/vegan ramen. They're both so delicious, and I am not even missing the pork broth it usually comes with.

Hearty Vegetarian Miso Ramen for hubby
We use an incredible amount of various vegetables and different types of mushrooms to make this broth. We add our original miso tare to boost the natural flavour. This ramen is vegan-friendly. No msg, no meat products, just purely crafted vegan-friendly ramen with layers of umami. Only come with a new kale noodle that doesn't contain the egg.

Spicy Veggie Tantan
Tan Tan Ramen usually uses ground pork and bone broth, but we have quite many requests from our guests who wish there is any vegan and vegetarian Tan Tan! So, we created it. We use imitation meat based on soybeans.

Spicy Veggie Tantan Ramen is so delicious! I'm not even missing the meat.

Dessert

To end our meal, we ordered a Panna cotta with mango sauce.

Panna Cotta with Mango Sauce


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We're already planning to come back to enjoy our "usual" ramen orders. Thank God it's Friday!

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