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    Kajiken

    4.4 (149 reviews)
    ModerateRamen, Noodles
    Open 11:00 am - 9:30 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    OROSHI PONZU KARAAGE
    Audrey S.

    Came in on a Wednesday night and we got seated understatedly. Parking in the plaza but the plaza is on the small side. We didn't have issues with parking. This place is really good. Loved the chicken and the original aburasoba was super well priced. They also give you free rice at the end to eat with the leftover sauce. Would come back!

    HIYAYAKKO COLD TOFU
    Kimi S.

    Megami Aburasoba was so good!! The tofu was fried perfectly, the veggies on the side were delicious, and the portion size was great. The hiyayakko tofu was a nice and refreshing appetizer. I got take out so I'm not sure about the service and dining in but the food was very good. Packaged nicely too :)

    Menu 3/21/26
    Vans C.

    Excellent place to get Aburasoba (dry ramen)! I've been here multiple times and it never disappoints. It definitely tastes better fresh and in the restaurant, because you can add all the toppings you want to enhance it. Service is great and there always seems to be a line. However since there were only 2 of us, we got to skip all the larger parties and barely had to wait! I've tried the top 1-3 aburasoba, and my favorite so far is the Wagyu Roast Beef. Pricy but the rest is almost $20 already...so why not splurge a little extra for the wagyu!

    HOMURA ABURASOBA
    Mabel H.

    My sister and parents came here on soft opening day and didn't have the most pleasant experience, so they refused to come back...so I came to see for myself LOL. They have a parking lot, but it's very tight to maneuver in. Next time I'll park in the Mayflower lot across the street and walk over! My friend and I arrived for a late 7:30pm dinner on a Friday night, and they squeezed us in at the last table for 2 so it definitely can get crowded/might have a wait time. Homura Aburasoba ($17.50): The top 1 menu item in big letters; easy enough for me so I don't have decision fatigue lol. This is similar to dan dan noodle as it has spicy minced pork, and the raw egg is a yummy addition! Can sub for a poached egg. It has all my favorite ingredients of seaweed, chives, green onions, so I knew I'd love it. Noodles were also chewy! I added some vinegar and chili oil offered on the side for more of a kick. I'm going to convince my family to try this place one more time!! I'll get one of the karaage appetizers next time :)

    CHASHU RICE with toppings on the side
    Angeli S.

    Staff was super friendly. I liked how they had plates/cups for kids. Plenty of space inside and feels very open. We ordered A couple of the aburasoba dishes - original and homura. Both were very flavor and delicious. We ordered the Chashu rice and kaarage for the kids and they loved it. Would definitely come back when in the area.

    HOMURA ABURASOBA
    Abbe W.

    My daughter and I were about to catch a flight back to SoCal so we wanted to grab lunch. We remembered Kajiken while visiting Seattle but didn't get a chance to try it. Seeing that Dublin now has its own Kajiken, we wanted to check it out and see how it compares to our SoCal Menya Hanabi. Unlike traditional ramen, Kajiken serves dry ramen and mixes with raw egg. After finishing up the ramen, you'll get a free scoop of rice to mix in with the leftover meat and sauce. It's a very filling meal. Here are some of the similarities and differences between Kajiken and Menya Hanabi: 1. Kajiken's meat has a slight kick to it while Menya Hanabi has more soy sauce base. Menya Hanabi might be more kid friendly than Kajiken. Kajiken's meat wasn't spicy but my daughter was drinking a lot of water as it's a little too spicy for her even though the spiciness was mild. 2. Both Kajiken and Menya Hanabi offer the free scoop of rice at the end of the meal. 3. Taste wise, my daughter and I prefer Menya Hanabi over Kajiken. I wanted to thank Angie for a great service. Her explanation on the spiciness of the meat was spot on. I took videos on mixing ramen and rice, but one of the videos was "video"-bombed with gyoza! Overall, my daughter and I were happy that we got to catch Kajiken before we had to go home.

    Interior
    Kai W.

    We've been wanting to try Kajiken in San Mateo but have not had a chance to. When we saw a closer location had opened we decided to check it out. We dropped by on a Monday evening and it was not busy at all. Restaurant was very clean and spacious, I loved how they even had a diagram on the wall on the recommended way to mix/eat their brothless ramen. We had the Megami vegetarian noodles, the Homura, and a beef bowl. Beef bowl came out real quick, soft boiled egg with onion sauce over rice with some diced cold roast beef, green onions, and yogurt sauce. I did not realize the beef would be cold, but the warm rice and soft boiled egg provided an interesting temperature contrast with the beef. The taste was fine, the yogurt sauce and the onion sauces were very flavorful but I'm still not quite sure if I enjoyed the temp difference. I will have to try it again to make a final decision. Homura aburasoba was great, thicker chewier noodles in a very umami/rich sauce, almost like a concentrated gravy. All mixed with a generous helping of minced pork. The richness of the sauce is cut by the freshly chopped chives and green onions. You also get a free bowl of rice after you finish your noodles to soak up the sauce. Honestly plenty to eat when combined with the free rice. My partner liked her vegetarian noodles and our toddler who is usually a picky eater could not stop slurping down the noodles. I think the prices for the amount of food you get are reasonable reasonable. Our server was also very helpful in explaining the menu and checking in on us throughout the meal. We will be back!

    Wagyu Roast Beef Aburasoba
    Carson M.

    Revisited (didn't get the karaage again), but the service and food were good! Chili add on can be requested for free now instead of paying $1.

    Jennifer L.

    This was a new experience for me. I subbed the egg yolk for an egg and I loved it. The egg was a great touch. It was slightly umami, salty, but packed with good flavor. If you're still hungry at the end you can order a small bowl of rice. In my opinion the small bowl of rice was pretty big! Overall it's a must try and I would come again to try other things

    Frances C.

    Noodles are off the hook I was so excited about mixing the sauces into the noodles and forgot to take a beautiful picture of the spicy minced pork with a poach egg Texture of the dish is smooth and tasty with all vinegar and chili oils, sesame seeds. Th Wagyu beef is tender and on top you could order extra rice to soak up the remaining sauces from the noodles. Services are great as well. Definitely a food edition to the east bay.

    Megami Aburasoba
    Randy G.

    Came here cuz I was staying at the hotel within walking distance.... This place is near a bunch of restaurants right across from the newer Dublin High School.... Service was good....Food was really flavorful and the noodles were pretty good as well... I guess their specialty is a soupless ramen....and I would highly recommend trying this place out..... I got the Megami Aburasoba which is fried tofu, bok choy, egg plant, onions in a super flavorful sauce....I would say the only thing that I can complain about is too much sauce.... I heard some people get rice so they can finish off the sauce....so I guess that sauce as well.... Recommended to try for sure

    Original Aburasoba ($15.75) with Poached Egg (+$2.50), Homura Aburasoba ($17.50)
    Melanie H.

    I love Kajiken so much. I've been three times already and always leave satisfied! I think their service has greatly improved from their first month of opening, so no complaints here. UPDATED RECS: + Homura aburasoba ($17.75) is actually so good! The spicy pork adds flavor and I didn't need to season my bowl up that much. It tastes overwhelming when compared to the original aburasoba, but otherwise is really tasty + Original aburasoba ($15.75) is always a classic, as it gives you the soupy ramen taste without the soup! Love this item here too + Oroshi ponzu karaage ($10.50) was juicy and delicious, I wish it had a tangy aioli dipping sauce. I did enjoy the shaved daikon + Nikumori aburasoba ($18.50) is ranked as their top #2. It's good for how protein packed it is but it's missing something, I definitely prefer the homura and original more!

    Gyoza - pork and cabbage (4 stars)
    Daniel C.

    Kajiken is a large, modern-looking noodle restaurant specializing in Aburasoba, which originates in Nagoya, Japan. Soba are thin buckwheat noodles that are usually served cold or warm in a mild broth. There's usually less toppings and intense milky, porky flavors compared to ramen. Also not as thick or doughy compared to Udon. The Aburasoba noodles had a pleasant chewiness and lots of flavor from the sauce and fixins. I got their signature version but asked for a poached, instead of the default raw egg. Overall, very good if you want noodles to highlight the dish. Its similar to Chinese Dan Dan noodles or Lo Mein, except. with extra chewey noodles. For extra protein, I recommend sides of pork and cabbage gyoza and sharing their Chicken Karaage. If you run out of noodles, they'll offer free white rice to soak up the rest of the sauce.

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