But where to go when there was no sponsored vittles in the hospitality lounge? Critics can not live on beer and cheesecake alone! Okay, maybe Roger Ebert did for a few decades, but even he had to give up the lifestyle eventually. After whining about how hard it was to find good, cheap eats in the Western Addition, SFist Rita schooled us on the Japantown Mall. When she said there was a restaurant named Mifune, we were intrigued -- after all, one Toshiro Mifune is largely responsible for our love of foreign films (we blubber when he dies in The Seven Samurai). When we showed up and found that it was a noodle shop, we started to get excited. We love noodles! In broth! With your choice of tasty stuff thrown in!