Udon Mugizo - Mountain View, CA

 

New udon restaurant alert ‼️

🍜 Mentaiko cream udon
🍜 Nabeyaki sukiyaki beef udon

Udon Mugizo is a cute new udon restaurant in downtown Mountain View! You can see them make fresh udon noodles from a window outside, which was pretty fun! I really enjoyed how the noodles had more of a chew than other places’😋

While the sukiyaki beef udon was a bit too sweet for me, the mentaiko cream udon was ✨heavenly✨. It was like an asian Alfredo pasta with a seafood flavor! Mentaiko mixed into the sauce and as a topping added a little spice to cut through the heaviness of the cream. A wonderful combo 😊

Kemuri Japanese Barú - Redwood City, CA

 

Anyone else absolutely love Japanese izakayas? There are so many fun dishes to try and I always want to order the whole menu!
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🥩 Wagyu garlic rice: steak, garlic butter, and garlic chips with crispy rice. this was so full of FLAVOR and I loved the crunch!
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🐍 Unagi kaba-yaki: grilled eel with sweet soy, cucumber wasabi vinegar. Wow, you could tell this was literally straight off the grill and the sauce was not too salty and not too sweet! One of the best I’ve had 😱
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🍄 Shiitake mushroom skewers: mushrooms with smoked butter, lemon, and black pepper. Didn’t expect much but I was blown away by how much flavor this had! Texture was also perfect 👌🏻
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🍤 Crispy shrimp: soft shell shrimp with umami panko. Don’t like peeling shrimp? Get this because you can comfortably eat the shell! One of my favorite dishes here 😊
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I was really impressed with the quality of food at Kemuri! There are sooo many other things I want to try on the menu so I for sure gotta go back sometime 🤣