Jacksonville, Florida, is a city known across the nation for its restaurants and their delicious offerings. Their Asian varieties are among the best restaurants in the city. Take a look at what these places serve, and consider heading over the next time you get hungry for a meal you don't have to prepare.
Domu
For some of the most delicious top-tier ramen in Jacksonville, head over to Domu at 3201 Corrine Road, Suite 100. Domu serves brunch and dinner, so odds are that the next time you're in the mood for Asian food, you can get some here. Customers love the Tokyo chicken and duck soup, chuka cold ramen, yuzu chicken, and spicy tonkotsu for brunch. The restaurant offers vegan ramen for brunch, which includes vegetable broth, menma, scallions, kikurage, torched tomato, fried tofu, Japanese spices, lime zest, and vegan noodles.
Dinner patrons enjoy the Richie Rich miso ramen, featuring shoyu pork bone broth, chashu, ajitama brulee, kikurage, scallions, fried garlic, black garlic oil, and domudama. Domu's dinner plates include an incredible black truffle burrata, which includes fresh mozzarella infused with black truffles and filled with cream, yuzu gelee, torched tomato, and gluten-free Thai basil.
Blue Bamboo
For great Asian fusion food from a restaurant that has been serving the citizens of Jacksonville for over 13 years, check out Blue Bamboo at 3820 Southside Blvd. You'll find a menu stuffed with dishes that most people only dream about. The dragon whiskers, or fried zucchini straws, are available as dinner starters, and the crab rangoon is the restaurant's most popular lunch starter. For a light meal with the flavors of the sea, give their calamari salad a go.
If you make it in for dinner, try out the delectable sweet and sour pork chops, Chinese barbecued spareribs, red curry shrimp and grits, or katsu Vietnamese tra fish. Stop in for lunch to get your hands on creamy coconut shrimp stir fry, moo goo chicken stir fry, or a Thai shrimp wrap. Customers adore the javin rubbed pork ribeye, half Canton roast duck, and honey-seared ahi tuna.
Blue Bamboo has an impressive drink menu, so pair your meal with a smokey honey mezcal miel, cucumber smash, jade, hand-muddled mojito, or blue ginger.
Hawkers Asian Street Fare
If you feel like departing from standard Asian sit-down restaurant themes and getting a taste of real Asian street food, take a trip to Hawkers Asian Street Fare at 1001 Park St. in Jacksonville. You'll find exquisite offerings on small plates, including Sichuan wontons, golden wontons, and Yi-Yi's chicken dumplings. If you prefer something a bit heavier, go with
Hawker's char siu, a pork shoulder covered in sweet soy and spring onions. The patrons love the Korean twice-fried wings, crispy tofu bites in five-spice seasoning, edamame, and Sichuan green beans.
If you're looking for a warm, steamy noodle soup, try out the tom yum, which includes lemongrass broth, secret spices, boiled shrimp, rice noodles, veggies, basil, and lime. If you prefer something spicy, you have to try the curry laksa, a combination of spicy coconut curry, shrimp, chicken, fried tofu, wheat noodles, veggies, and a hard-boiled egg.
Each of these great Asian restaurants has a lot to offer an empty stomach. Fill yours up at one of these places the next time you crave Asian food. You'll find a favorite in no time.