Shalom Japan in Williamsburg is an interesting find: there, married chefs and owners Aaron Israel and Sawako Okochi created a menu that merges their two cultures, Jewish and Japanese, giving a nice twist to both cultures, the most representative dish being their matzoh ball soup ramen that is made of chicken broth, wood ear mushrooms, scallions, nori, soy marinated egg (it is an add on), Mandel for some crunch and matzoh ball (I asked for a second one). This is a genius move considering the two dishes have commonalities: noodles and chicken broth. tasty and filling, I highly recommend this dish if you go there. For a more classic ramen, you can opt for the sesame temomi mazemen that is a cold soup served with shiitake mushrooms, shishito peppers, cucumbers, Shiso and you can also add a soy marinated egg to it. I admit that I prefer hot ramen, but found this really good, refreshing in fact.
