Oodles of Noodles

I went to Biwa last night for the first time.  I think I'm in love.  We were seated at the low bar which was excellent because we had a great view of the chefs doing their magic.  I started with a salted plum cocktail which was delish.  I think I like the one at Whiskey Soda Lounge more, but what's not to love about a salty cocktail. 

They're sort of known for their Ramen, my friend Jen got that, and she was nice enough to share with me, and I must say, you won't find this stuff 3/$1 at the grocery store.  I love the egg on top too – I love soup with eggs in it.

Ramen

I was excited because they have bi bim bop on the menu.  It’s one of my favorite dishes and takes me back to some good memories.  Their bi bim bop is awesome.  It’s a rice dish with grilled pork, kimchi, veggies and a fried egg on top. It was so good the waiter asked me if I did in fact try to eat the bowl and chopsticks.  If they were as good as the bi bim bop I would have!

Bi Bim Bop

Their prices were pretty good – about $10 each for the dishes we got, $8 for cocktails.  You can add a lot of extras and I can see that pushing the price up quite a bit.  They do have a great happy hour, a lot of stuff is about half price, so I’ll definitely be back for that.

While we were there we started talking about other great places and Frank’s Noodle House came up.  Today I was inspired and headed over there for some handmade noodles.  On Yelp people were raving over how great the noodles and the dumplings were so I got both.  The dumplings were AMAZING.  I’ve never had dumplings that great.  The noodles were good, I should have gotten them spicier.  I got the beef noodles, and the pork is mentioned over and over on Yelp so I’m thinking I need to head back and try again.  Warning - I still have a lot of garlic on my breath - beware!