Yoshinoya, Matsuya, and Sukiya battle it out with each other plus a dark horse contender as we go looking for the tastiest pork miso soup.
Katsuya
Nevertheless, we dutifully dissected every element of the chain’s new takeout-exclusive “Full Mori” menu item before downing it all.
”Do we want ramen or fried food?” we asked ourselves, and the answer was “Both, obviously.”
The ramen croquette is here to satisfy all our guilty pleasure hunger food cravings at once.
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