Fujiwara: Exceptional Ramen Bar in Dublin, CA

I am not entirely sure why this joint has a Japanese name, because it is basically a Hong Kong cafe style restaurant with some Japanese food offerings. Maybe it is trying to distinguish itself from the other dozen Chinese joints in the same plaza. The Chinese food was great, awesome comfort food if you are from Hong Kong. I love the curry here, just the right amount of spice, rich and aromatic. Tender beef tendons. The snack dishes are just as authentic, octopus balls with the same curry, perfect chew and softness, I would love to eat those on a stick just like how they are served in the old ways. The Ramens are good, the noodles are the curly egg noodle type that I like, the base broth was OK, pretty basic bone broth, clean. The pork was great, thick and torched, full of flavor. I would come here again especially when they have week day specials.

Their Hong Kong style foods are great and the peanut butter French toast dessert is surprisingly the best among bay area and even better than those I had at Hong Kong. Mike tea and lemon tea are high quality and even better if they were made by the owner team (special formula?). For Japanese food, the black garlic ramen and curry pork chop rice are my top choices. Be aware that they enforce a fixated 16% survice charge.

Fantastic ramen, perhaps some of the best I've had in the bay area. The milk tea was cheap and very good! The curry was also great, a touch spicier than normal Japanese styled curries, but also a ton of depth to the flavor.

A good place for chicken karage and chicken curry. Unfortunately the ramen was a bit disappointing as it had a lot of fish smell to it even though we ordered chicken ramen, after specially asking if it was purely chicken broth. However they were glad to take back the order. However the chicken katsu curry was delicious, one of the best curries I've had in recent times. Highly recommend that menu item.

Had their ramen a long time ago, and it was pretty good. However, this review is focused on their Hong Kong cafe items. Sometime in 2024, Fujiwara introduced Hong Kong (HK) style cafe menu. Wifey loves HK food so we had to try. We went with a few Hong Kong folks. The fried chicken wings were legit and the fries were very crispy. The curry fish balls were not bad, but thought the flavor was a tad lacking. I had the baked seafood with white cream sauce and I liked it. I went again recently and tried their curry ox tongue with rice. There were a lot of tongue pieces and tender enough with still some texture for chewing. What made my meal better was the Asahi draft beer. Interesting that they offer both ramen and HK cafe food, but good enough taste for me that I would go back. Still tons of HK food items I would like to try.

First time to try the mazemen which is a broth-less ramen that hubby then described was like a Japanese version of pasta haha. In any case, it was delicious and I'm a fan. Definitely ordering this again next time we eat here. Our other order was a butter scallop ramen. The broth was good and very clean tasting though to my personal taste, it could've used a pinch more of salt. Also got the HK milk tea, their version of which I liked.

Very good Japanese food with HK dishes also available. The curry chicken special was very good a little on the spicier side so be aware. Highly recommended. Must try.

We visit this restaurant regularly for the ramen because it's the best in town! We also love their HK-style café menu, which features baked pork chop with tomato sauce over rice, chicken wings, and my favorite, Ovaltine French toast! I highly recommend this restaurant!