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| - I noticed that one of the popular downtown ramen chains had opened up a location in my neighborhood so I decided to give it a try last night. I was very surprised to see that it was almost empty when we arrived, as it IS the holiday season.
The inside is very spacious and minimalistic..there are many blank walls and the kitchen area is very empty aside from the exposed shelves at the back used for random storage (which is not visually appealing).
The menu offers a variety of options such as karaage, donburis, build-your-own ramen.. picking the soup flavor (white, red, black or light), soup (chicken or pork, pork was extra $1), noodles (thick or thin), meat (pork belly, shoulder), etc.
I had the red (spicy) ramen with pork shoulder, thick noodles and sea salt. Upon receiving my bowl of noodles, I was surprised to find ONE single piece of pork shoulder, a marinated egg and a handful of noodles... very steep for $10.50.. (corn and other toppings are available to add on for ~$1+).
The broth was pretty flavourful and very creamy, the noodles were meh; nothing spectacular like what I would have expected from Sansotei or Kinton (they weren't very chewy...I'd say more like spaghetti consistency).
Overall, for the price and the portions given, I will not be coming back although it is one of the only ramen joints in the area.
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