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| - Disclaimer: this isn't another new Japanese ramen place. They do Chinese ramen, fantastic Chinese ramen at that.
The difference is more than pedantic. Instead of a soy sauce based broth or a rich broth, Chinese ramen is served with a light bone broth with a completely different flavour profile. The noodles are probably the biggest differentiating point. Instead of yellow alkali noodles, which are delicious in their own right, Chinese ramen noodles, or hand-pulled noodles, are made by twisting and pulling a piece of dough and then folding the result in half and then repeating the process multiple times, hence the name. You can find videos of it on YouTube. It's actually quite incredible. The ramen is topped with braised beef and vegetables and garnished with scallions and cilantro. There's quite a strong cilantro note in the dish. Cilantro-haters beware.
You can see (and hear) the chef actually making the noodles at the back of the restaurant, which can be cool or slightly distracting. Despite the display, the noodles aren't perfect. The texture is all right, but they're generally much thinner than what they serve at Homemade Ramen. The broth, however, tastes pretty authentic. Can't really complain about the braised beef, but they're nothing special. It's not what you might be served in China, but it's pretty damn close.
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