Taishoken - San Mateo Menu
Taishoken in San Mateo offers a diverse range of ramen and noodle soup options, with a focus on vegan and limited vegetarian choices. This trendy and casual spot caters to various dietary preferences, along with providing wheelchair accessibility and other convenient amenities. Customers rave about the flavorful broths, tender meats, and unique dishes like takoyaki as appetizers. The service is fast and attentive, creating a pleasant dining experience. While some reviewers note long wait times, joining the Yelp waitlist online can help streamline the process. Overall, Taishoken impresses with its umami-rich flavors, inviting ambiance, and attention to detail in their dishes. It's a must-visit for ramen enthusiasts looking for a memorable dining experience.
Extra Toppings
Add Chili Oil
Add Chashu
Add Rare Chashu
Add Ajitama
Add Green Onion
Add Menma
Add Nori (Seaweed)
Add Kikurage Mushrooms
Add Habanero Moyashi
Chilled and marinated habanero flavored, spicy bean sprouts.
Add Moyashi
Add Fried Tofu
Add Kaedama
Tsukemen Soup Only
Ramen Soup Only
Spicy Ramen Soup Only
Yuzu Shio Soup Only
Extra Soup
Soft Drinks
RAMUNE
KIMINO UME SPARKLING JUICE
Made with hand-picked and whole-pressed Ume Plum with charcoal filtered Hyogo mountain water and organic sugar cane.
KIMINO YUZU SPARKLING JUICE
Made with freshly squeezed Yuzu juice from hand-picked fruits, sparkling water from Hyogo prefecture, with a hint of organic sugar cane.
Green Tea (Unsweetened)
Japan's ITOEN Oi Ocha Unsweetened green tea. ml
Coke
The cold, refreshing, sparkling classic that America loves.
Diet-Coke
A crisp, refreshing taste you know and love with zero calories.
Sprite
The cold, refreshing flavors of lemon and lime, perfectly blended.
Shonen Elderberry
Original Carbonated Ramune Drink; Refreshing
Shonen Orenge Soda
Original Carbonated Ramune Drink; Refreshing
Omiyage Tsukemen
Our signature Tsukemen in DIY meal kit form! One set comes with x noodles and x soup base.
Meal Kits
Toppings For Meal Kits
Ajitama/Soft Boiled Eggs
Chashu
Rare Chashu
Four pieces of our rare chashu for regular omiyage tsukemen meal kit.
Menma/Bamboo Shoots
Kikurage Mushrooms X
Nori/ Seaweed
Green Onions
Tokusei Tsukemen
Cold thick noodle and rich dipping soup made with pork, chicken, dried anchovy, and dried bonito. All tsukemen comes with pork chashu, menma banboo shoots, nori seaweed and green onion. Contains buckwheat It also includes Jidori soft boiled egg and sous-vide Berkshire pork chashu. Tsukemen is cold thick noodles with hot fish-flavored dipping soup. Please don’t dump soup over the noodles; just dip it.
Tsukemen
Cold thick noodle and rich dipping soup made with pork, chicken, dried anchovy, and dried bonito. All tsukemen comes with pork chashu, menma banboo shoots, nori seaweed and green onion. Contains buckwheat. Tsukemen is cold thick noodles with hot fish-flavored dipping soup. Please don’t dump soup over the noodles; just dip it.
Dipping Noodles(Tsukemen)
Ramen
Tokusei Ramen
Our signature ramen. Tokusei version topped with rare chashu, roast pork chashu, and ajitama. Also topped with green onions, sesame seed, nori seaweed, and kikurage mushrooms.
Ramen
Our signature ramen, topped with roast pork chashu. Also topped with green onions, sesame seed, nori seaweed, and kikurage mushrooms.
Niku Spicy Ramen
Our new spicy ramen. Niku version topped with x chashu and ajitama. Also topped with green onion, spicy pork miso, nori seaweed and kikurage mushrooms.
Spicy Ramen
Our new spicy ramen, topped with roast pork chashu Also topped with green onion, spicy pork miso, nori seaweed and kikurage mushrooms.
Yuzu Shio Ramen (Vegetable)
Our signature Yuzu Shio Ramen, Made with clear kelp and shiitake mushroom broth topped with fried tofu, mitsuba herb, green onion, nori seaweed and kikurage mushrooms.
Chicken Karaage Bento
Japanese fried chicken with rice, roast pork, red cabage, toamato, potato salad, edamame, half soft boiled egg, dried parsley, mayonnaise, lime and house made dressing over cabbage. Contain soybeans, sesame(sesame oil) fish and egg.
Gyoza Bento
pcs of veggie and pork gyoza with rice, red cabbage, tomato, potato salad edamame, half soft boiled egg, dried parsley, chashu roast pork, gyoza sauce, and house made dressing over cabbage. Contain soybeans, sesame(sesame oil) egg, fish and wheat
Bento
Appetizers
Deep Fried Gyoza
pieces of deep fried gyoza with special soy sauce.
Potato Salad
Potato salad with half ajitama (jidori soft boiled egg) and salted mullet roe.
Takoyaki
pieces octopus balls with jidori tartar & okonomiyaki sauce.
Hiyayakko
Cold tofu with green onion, deep-fried niboshi with lard, chili oil, ponzu sauce, sesame, and ginger
Karaage(Fried Chicken)
Classic Japanese fried chicken with mayo
SAND STORM CALAMARI
Fried calamari, spicy panko, crispy garlic soy sauce, koji ranch. Plain option is also available.
Chashu Don
Roasted pork over rice.
