Shake Ramen and CoCo Fresh Tea and Juice

Shake Ramen and CoCo

Westwood

Shio ramen at Shake Ramen.

Spinach, pork belly, egg, a little spicy, a lot of garlic...

Some other dude also taking 10,000 pictures of his food.

CoCo Fresh Juice and Tea in Westwood.

Every other tenant here failed, but I think CoCo might do ok.

The menu. So cheap!

Ok, they're kind of empty. Maybe not.

Taro milk tea is pretty standard. Doesn't compare to Half and Half.

Zillions of locations!

Second visit to the Shake Ramen truck, for shio ramen, this time with some spinach as well. Spicy level 1 instead of 2 (level 3 is the most spicy) is actually more enjoyable, the pepper flakes they use combine with fairly minimal soup base doesn't work as well with the extra spice I had the first time. Garlic level 3 (most garlic possible) was also pretty tasty.

Ramen itself is still just ordinary aside from the shake gimmick tho, so hard to say this place is really worth the trouble unless it's already nearby.

CoCo Fresh Tea an Juice in Westwood is the only store in that spot that seems to do okay, the previous Honeybaked Ham, I think Red Mango (?), and was it another pearl tea shop all failed... the milk tea is very conventional. Service for the regular pre-made milk teas is super quick tho, and the space isn't bad to hang out in in very small groups. A bit too dark and bar-like to hang out in larger groups or to work in, tho. Kinda wish the milk tea was more more fresh brewed or at least higher in quality, but it's certainly more than adequate given the lack of competition in the area.