Tsujita Artisian Noodle

Tsujita Artisian Noodle

I don't know ramen that well, but I do know good tasting food.  I finally got to visit Tsujita Artisian Noodle.   I found a parking space off Sawtelle Blvd. As I walked from my car I vaguely remembered that they only took cash.  Of course when I got there I was right.  I began to leave when I went inside asking if there was a bank nearby.  Only by chance did I have a twenty dollar bill to take out.  Across the street was the Tomato bank.  What a cute name for a bank.   I used to spell tomato, tomatoe, until my Dad told me of the correct spelling.
I was warmly greeted again by the gracious reassuring young woman that directed me to the bank.  I loved this experience.  First of all, my chair was pulled out for me, but not just remote, caringly done, and then gently pushed me back in towards the bar.  Bam Brothers'.  I settled in as I photographed the chiefs.  I identified the spices in front of me: pepper, Japanese pepper, pepper leaf skin, and chili flakes, in a beautiful, female, small wooden bottle.  I was served a bowl of Tonkotsu Ramen, called negi ramen,  which I immediately ravished.  It's a good thing that I wore contact lens because I would have steamed up my glasses, for my head was stuck in the bowl after the first bite.  I kept eating the deliciously hard cooked noodles. They have 3 levels of doneness that you can order your noodles.  I left them to make them how they do.  They were hard enough to bite, chewy, yet done enough, letting the flavor come up.
I ate my dish as it came and then later after I picked my face up from the bowl,  I added chili pepper, which I liked the best,  The pork was jelled like in a broth of it's own to the upper right.  Scallions abundantly surrounded the bowl.  I finally got to the broth and found it rich and with a good consistency.  I thought of what I heard about the broth being strained through cheesecloth to achieve the perfect clear broth. Perhaps that is the Tsukemen, I look forward to that because this broth did not stand up to the ramen noodles.