Last weekend, we (shamefully) ordered pizza. A while back, my brother had tipped us off on some Papa John’s contest/giveaway/something-or-other, and, long after we had forgotten entering, we received an email awarding us one free pizza. So last Saturday night, while I was stuck at home for work and neither of us felt like cooking, we cashed in our pizza. The delivery was backed up, and we live near the Papa John’s, so we walked to pick it up.
On the way, we stumbled across Ganso, this new, trendy-looking Japanese place. Our neighborhood, while rapidly changing in character (hello there, new Armani Exchange store), is still not much of a scene. The restaurants near Ganso are the aforementioned Papa John’s, IHOP, and a nameless hot dog place. We were eager to try it, and so we returned this past Saturday night.
We split an order of hijiki (if I had to choose a favorite sea vegetable, I would choose hijiki every time), and then each had a bowl of ramen: he had the short rib ramen, and I had spicy miso ramen with pork. The bowls of ramen came out topped with attractive little piles of garnish – if I was the type of person who takes photos of her food, I would have taken a picture for you. As it was, I just ate my garnish.
here, I found a picture of the ramen on the Ganso’s Yelp page for you
We were pretty excited to find this place not far from our home, particularly as the weather gets colder and it becomes soup season. Less pizza, more ramen!
