{"id":17990,"date":"2017-05-09T15:51:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T22:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/?p=17990"},"modified":"2017-05-09T16:09:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T23:09:16","slug":"hiro-ramen-in-ashland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/2017\/05\/hiro-ramen-in-ashland\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiro Ramen in Ashland"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"hiro<\/a>

Tonkotsu ramen (Hiro Ramen – Ashland, Oregon)<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m more than a bit of a ramen nerd<\/a>. I’ve tried all sorts of ramen across Japan and have sampled it in several other countries as well. I have been diligently following Ramen Adventures<\/a> for a decade now.<\/p>\n

Outside of Japan, ramen is usually mediocre at best, although there are a couple exceptions in the San Francisco Bay Area. A few places in Ashland serve ramen, but they are well below decent.<\/p>\n

So a couple months ago, when I saw the sign for Hiro Ramen going up I was very excited. I tried to get a bowl, but they weren’t open yet. I was a bit disappointed that the owners were Korean instead of Japanese, but I did have some decent ramen in Korea so I was still hopeful.<\/p>\n

Hiro Ramen is a touch above good, not great, but still pretty darn good–especially for Southern Oregon and non-Japanese ownership. It may be the best ramen between Portland and San Francisco. The service is very good, and the vibe in the place is nice. <\/p>\n

I’ve sampled several different bowls. The tonkotsu (pictured above) is the best one in my opinion.<\/p>\n

They’ve recently expanded the menu to include some Korean dishes (bulgogi, bibimbap, kimbap, etc.). I haven’t tried any of them yet. The egg in the ramen has improved over time. On my first visit, it was a hard boiled egg. They have fixed that so now it is more like the egg you get in Japan. <\/p>\n

I will continue to eat here at least once a week.<\/p>\n

\"hiro<\/a>

Mango mochi ice cream<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m more than a bit of a ramen nerd. I’ve tried all sorts of ramen across Japan and have sampled it in several other countries as well. I have been diligently following Ramen Adventures for a decade now. Outside of Japan, ramen is usually mediocre at best, although there are a couple exceptions in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[45,487],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17990"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17997,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17990\/revisions\/17997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}