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| - It is expensive and steamy and is automatically the best ramen restaurant by default, purely because there are not many ramen restaurants in the area.
I had their Tonkatsu, which is a creamy pork broth, noodles, and fixings. Perhaps I am spoiled because I'm from New York, but Otani does not hold a thread in comparison. Their broth lacks a depth of flavor, and their noodles feel a little too lackluster to justify $12 on a bowl of noodles.
Ultimately, what really bothers me about Otani noodles is how steamy the inside of the restaurant is. It really lacks ventilation. The walls are slick with condensation and the floor to ceiling windows are always fogged up. You can see the streaks of grime from where the window cleaner "missed a spot" or left residue. Either way, that is really Otani Noodle's biggest problem, because it begs the question of whether or not their chef is dripping, much like the steam collecting on the window, sweat into your noodle soup...
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