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| - Ramen delight! I read a few Yelpers' reviews of Kenzo at lunch, and could not get the idea of 'ramen' out of my mind!
Tonight, I experienced Kenzo for the first time. How sweet, my masculine friend and I were happily welcomed with an "Irrashaimase" (Japanese for welcome), and prompt service. We were able to sit down immediately this Friday night. We ordered our meal and within minutes (was I dreaming), the ramen was served!!! Where but McD's and other fast food joints could food arrive this fast?
I ordered the veg version of the Sapporo ramen. Not sure if there was any MSG about but appreciated the soup base after reading yelper Eliah H's phrase: "the recipes for the soup stock are closely guarded secrets from one Ramen house to the next." There was another yelper's review, where she typed about their yakisoba coming with tons of veggies. Almost ordered that, but HAD to try their soup stock this time round!
Kenzo's is prob the only place where veggie dishes outprice the non-veggie ones, go figure. I agree with jocelyn I, "Ramen was a little pricy for what it is". If their veg dishes were $7.95 or $8.95, that would have been better, more reasonable IMO. But as an occasional treat - this place does the trick!
All in all, a good eating experience with nice service... and pretty good non-instant ramen noodles*. And yes, the soup stock... was tasty :)
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You may, someday, want to consider a DIY ramen.
1. Purchase fresh plain ramen from Sanko's freezer section
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/sanko-trading-toronto;
2. Use MISO paste as your soup base;
3. pick up some Chinese Cabbage; bean sprouts; water cress; etc... so that you can blanch or boil some veggies into the bottom of your ramen bowl. (Optional) Add kimchi for extra flavouring, and/or Sriracha hot sauce for some heat.
Or, just head out for some ramen!!
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