Midvale Restaurants: A Ramen Bowl or a Sushi Bento?
Salt & Seek / Midvale
For this Midvale meal, start with one question: do you want a ramen bowl built around broth and toppings, or a bento combining rice, a hot component and sushi?
UT Craft Ramen on Union Park Avenue and Keyaki Sushi on Fort Union Boulevard offer two different ways to order. The comparison below keeps bowl prices separate from bento prices, explains what comes with each, and points out the ingredient details that a dish name alone can miss. Both featured locations are in Midvale.
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UT Craft Ramen
UT Craft Ramen is at 7662 S Union Park Avenue. Its official menu separates broth styles and lists the major toppings, so you can choose based on the soup itself rather than the appearance of a single photograph.
What to order
- UT Black, $14.98. Pork broth with black garlic oil, two pork-shoulder chashu pieces, a seasoned egg, corn, black mushroom, bean sprouts and shredded green onion. The pork broth and chashu are both part of the order.
- Spicy Sesame Vegan, $14.98. Soy milk and sesame paste with seasoned fried tofu, mushrooms, corn, vegetables and chili oil. It is the menu’s explicitly vegan option in this comparison.
- Iron Pan Fried Rice, $11.98. Japanese rice with egg, diced pork chashu and scallions. The official menu also notes oyster sauce in the fried rice, so this is not a vegetarian alternative to the ramen.
UT Black and Spicy Sesame Vegan share the listed $14.98 price. The fried rice is $3 less, but it is a different dish, not a smaller version of either bowl. Extra toppings or sides change the total.
Plan the visitThe menu offers a gluten-free noodle option but also notes soy sauce in the broth and shared cooking oil. Changing noodles alone does not establish a gluten-free meal. Ask the restaurant directly about preparation if that distinction affects your order. The source account for the photos is @utcraftramen.
Address: 7662 S Union Park Ave, Midvale, UT 84047
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Keyaki Sushi
Keyaki Sushi is at 777 E Fort Union Boulevard. Its official website leads to the restaurant’s Toast ordering page, where the bento combinations make the included components easier to compare than an unspecified sushi spread.
What to order
- Bento 1, $16. Rice, two spring rolls, teriyaki chicken and a California roll. This is the chicken-based combination among the two bentos compared here.
- Bento 3, $15. Rice, edamame, teriyaki tofu and cucumber-avocado maki. The tofu and vegetable roll give you a different combination, but the item name and component list do not verify every sauce as vegan.
Bento 1 is $1 more than Bento 3 at the listed prices. Each price applies to the named combination; extra rolls or drinks are additional. The two photographs show sushi rolls, not the bento sets, so use the written component lists to understand what is included.
Plan the visitConfirm the ordering date and pickup window on Keyaki’s official page. A temporary online-ordering restriction is not evidence that the restaurant is closed. For dietary needs, ask about teriyaki sauce, roll fillings and preparation rather than relying on tofu or cucumber in the name.
Address: 777 E Fort Union Blvd, Midvale, UT 84047
A bowl and a bento are different meal formats
UT Craft is the direct choice when the broth and noodle combination is what you want to eat. Keyaki’s listed bentos are useful when you want several specified components together. The selected ramen bowls are $14.98 and the two bentos are $15–$16 before tax and extras, but those similar prices do not establish identical portions or dietary suitability.
Before you go
Which dish is explicitly labelled vegan?
UT Craft’s menu names Spicy Sesame Vegan. Keyaki Bento 3 contains tofu and a cucumber-avocado roll, but its complete sauce preparation was not verified as vegan.
Does UT Craft’s gluten-free noodle option make the bowl gluten-free?
No such conclusion is supported. The official menu notes soy sauce in the broth and shared cooking oil. Confirm your requirements directly with the restaurant.
What comes with Keyaki’s chicken bento?
Bento 1 lists rice, two spring rolls, teriyaki chicken and a California roll for $16 on the checked official menu.
