Ramen Del Barrio

Ramen Del Barrio has really figured how to combine Japanese & Mexican comfort food into dishes that open up your palate to a flavors you've never experienced.
The fusion doesn't feel forced.
They keep the original elements of each cuisine.
Ingredients/flavors that complement each other.

Wow, what an experience.
If you love authentic Mexican food, go here.
If you love ramen, go here.
If you loved both, ABSOLUTELY go here! The menudo ramen was such an amazing combination, menudo just like ramen, is packed with pork flavor broth but adding the Mexican spices and grains paired with the noodles and egg (I added it) of ramen.
The tripe which is normally really soggy in menudo, was in this case, pleasantly firm. The pulpo taco was incredible as well, cooked to perfection with no rubbery texture whatsoever.
It was marinated in tangy adobo chipotle sauce with a spicy salsa.
The tortilla was slightly fried which added texture but maintained its flexibility to fold the taco.
I will be coming back here more often.
Don't underestimate the fusion of cultures.
It can be revolutionary.

Nut allergy warning - Mole has peanuts.
Everything I ordered turned out fine. A recently opened ramen fusion shop inside Hana World Market, Ramen del Barrio has a surge of popularity after being reviewed by a number of media sources.
There is a 40-minute wait for ramen (timed at exactly 37 minutes, after getting through a 20+ minute line) if you go during lunch hours on a weekend.
I'll just say...
I don't think it's worth it. Our appetizer, the Karaage, came out after 25 minutes.
It was perfectly crispy and the mayo-tomatillo sauce actually went surprisingly well with it.
This appetizer is very sharable and a good quantity of chicken for the price.
4.5/5 The Carnitas Shoyo Tonkatsu came out after 37 minutes.
In my opinion, the broth is rich but bland.
The portions are small (barely 1/3 of a radish, very little meat, not much noodle).
I could have eaten two bowls.
Adding the spice (salsa macha) helped it a lot.
The grilled onion and jalapeno (seed in, very hot!) were the only "fusion" pieces of the dish besides the carnitas.
I've had better, cheaper ramen with a <10 minute wait.
2.5/5, upped to 3.5/5 with the salsa macha. We walked around the supermarket a bit and bought a drink there for cheaper than the restaurant.
There is also complimentary water near the restroom. They also were sold out of their menudo ramen despite coming at 12:00. Overall, I'd recommend it to try once and if I had an hour to burn just to get food, but I wouldn't go out of my way to return.