#ramenseas

Few people know that Downtown Sunnyvale’s Murphy Avenue actually has the highest density of Irish pubs in the western world outside of Dublin. You really have to wonder how that happened. At some point some genius must have looked down the street, thought “Of course there’s room for a third Irish pub on this block”, and gone for it. Anyway. There are some good spots on Murphy too. I’m a fan of the kids book / toy store Bookasausus (excellent Lego selection) and Leigh’s Favorite Books next door. For food Ramen Seas is the place to check out.

Ramen Seas’ specialty is, not surprisingly, seafood ramen. The main bowls are a seafood / pork broth served with either just clams or a combo of shrimp, clams and scallops. They also offer miso and tonkotsu broth, and at the moment I must confess I prefer their spicy tonkotsu over the rest, because I don’t eat ramen every day and it’s hard to resist a chance for tonkotsu when it’s right in front of you there on the menu.

It’s not the South Bay’s best ramen or anything, but it’s definitely good, and the seafood twist makes things interesting even if you’re a ramen perfectionist. The place itself is nice and dark too, in the typical izakaya style. 

Like all ramen spots it tends to be packed at lunch time, but a bit lighter at night when the tech workers at the nearby offices have gone home. They’re also about to start keeping open on Sundays which will be good when you’re hungover from last night’s Irish pub crawl.

/ Per