Now nurse Chris and anesthetist, Chris Ruehlmann has the perfect prescription
for traditional Japanese cuisine. Between their appetizer and Roman specialties,
he says this place is definitely a foodie's dream and it reminds him
why he enjoys eating out. It's located in Southwest ranches, and it's called Shimuja.
Hi, my name is Michael, I'm the manager of Shimuja.
First of all, Shimuja like the meaning it's like without wicked thought. It's very pure,
basically the owner started off in Japan. He has a very pure heart he's very prideful of
the food and everything in the restaurant business that he's trying to come up with.
We are just like traditional Japanese, we have our dumplings our porkling and everything,
but you know he's trying to get a little bit of an American twist sometimes, our key lime ramen
is very good. That's actually something he went to the keys and had key lime pie and literally got
the idea for a key lime ramen. It was cool. That's the one of the type of American twists that he
puts onto the menu. The chicken petain ramen. That one is another one, we actually take the
chicken bones and everything, and like beat him down. Petain is a broth that has a lot of depth
to it. So it's not relying so much on the soy sauce that is added to the base of the ramen.
I feel as if the atmosphere really puts off like a very mellow, like any bad energy or anything
is left on the other side of the door, it's very peaceful and calm. You eat, you enjoy yourself,
smiles, laughter and everything. And then you go home happy, you know full stomach.
Shimuja is all about changing the ramen game. Literally we want to be on top of anyone else
in South Florida, which I think in my opinion, we are there. Just basically changing the ramen game.
So Chris, this is your favorite spot for ramen. Tell us what you enjoy about it and why that is.
The food has great flavors. They definitely put a lot of time into it.
Well tell me what it is that you have when you go there.
I have the chicken ramen, my partner had the spicy ramen. My friend had
a different ramen. We had all the different ramens and they're all amazing the egg noodles
are perfectly cooked, the flavor's amazing. And it's just unique. But I've note for the spicy one,
we added the habanero sauce and we added it to the ramen and it made it really spicy, really spicy.
How about the appetizers? I know that you had some fun appetizers when you went,
you had some adamames, some shishito peppers,
you had gyoza, the dumplings, tell me a little bit about each of those.
Well, the gyoza was really good, I love Japanese gyoza.
Traditional Japanese we had a steam not fried, and.
Okay
It tasted amazing. So that was one of my favorite. The peppers were amazing,
the edamame, edamame is edamame. But however some restaurants can cook it
better than others. The edamame was super fresh, and really good.
Linda what'd you think about Shimuja?
When we first walked in this smells was just absolutely fantastic. We couldn't wait to sit
down and ordered. We ordered a bottle of wine, and then we ordered a chicken pop plus shrimp dim sum,
and they were fantastic. They would be delicious. Then we ordered our main dish,
and I think I ordered the wrong dish. Because I didn't care for mine. And the next time I go, I'm
gonna ask the way to help me pick out a dish for myself. But I would recommend and I would go back.
Listen, you never know. You know, sometimes the things that you like
are not necessarily what the waiter likes or vice versa. So, you know,
you tried and now you learned what to get the next time. Roe what did you think about the experience?
So it was my first time having ramen, and I took the waitresses advice and I had the
key line ramen, which I have to tell you is absolutely delicious the flavor was amazing.
I also had the pork buns, and that was really, really good. And the gyoza.
What did you think about the atmosphere?
I wouldn't say there was much of an atmosphere.
Okay.
It's a pretty undecorated kind of place. What, you know, you going there for the food.
I don't disagree with her. The atmosphere needs a little work, however, there's a lot of work
that goes into that food and I know that, and you can taste it when you eat the food. The
chef came from Japan, and it's a very famous ramen noodle place that's in Tokyo actually.
And so he actually came over here to make the ramen noodles down here. There's a lot of labor
and time that goes into it. It's like 30 hours that the pork broth has to brew and everything
like that. So it's not so much about the ambiance there, because I also kind of got on that too.
There's not that much ambiance. However, it's the taste of the food. The food is amazing.
I'll tell you something a good ramen broth will heal everything. Just so you know. So Linda,
was it easy to find? How was the location? It was a little far for us cause' it was 50 miles from my
house. And I went with several people and everyone loved their dish and everyone wants to go back.
They don't, they call it a road trip. I will try it type of fish next time.
Okay, well Chris, Shimuja was your pick, sum it up for us.
Amazing flavors, very authentic. And a place to try again for sure.
Roe.
All the best flavors in one bowl.
She has the best one.
Linda, it's a very nice place. The great appetizers, I had good service.
And if you like ramen noodles, that's what you need to... You need to go there.
Satisfy your ramen cravings, when you head on over to Shimuja located 4921
Southwest 148th Avenue in Southwest Ranches. They're open daily for lunch and dinner,
reservations are accepted and the average price for dinner without drinks is about $30.