From the original post
The photo note
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Looking back
The SD Foodie take
Editorial commentary written from Roger’s original photograph and caption. Roger’s own words are the quoted photo note above.
A dark, rich broth carries wavy noodles, bean sprouts, sheets of nori, mushrooms, bamboo shoots and a pile of scallions — a vegetarian bowl that does not look like it is apologizing for anything.
The key word in the caption is still. Roger had posted Underbelly bowls a year earlier, in 2013, and this 2014 post says the ramen was holding up. Repeat visits that keep delivering are exactly what this archive exists to capture.
The quick critique
What stood out
- A deep, savory vegetarian broth
- Mushrooms, nori and bamboo shoots
- A repeat visit that still delivered
Bottom line
Archive verdict
A vegetarian ramen good enough to keep Roger coming back — and to say so a year later.