Okay there's a bunch of Ramen places suddenly sparking up in the valley so we're no longer limited to waiting around Monta for a seat to open up cursing that damn hipster that finished his bowl an hour ago and is checking his instagram.
Anyway i have no idea how long this place has been open nor anything else about it. Just went here to meet up with a few buddies to grab a bite to eat before a meetup.
Interior decor is quite nice that there was enough to build up a vibe like you're in somewhat of a larger ramen house commonly found anywhere and everywhere in japan cept it's on the larger side.
Anyway ordered the Chicken shoyu ramen just because it seemed interesting. Really wanted to Popeye Ramen but wasnt willing to pay that price. I've never seen chicken in ramen before it's usually pork but some broths have chicken in it for sweetness but again i've just never seen ramen that has actual slices of chicken in it.
Bowl arrived and what was presented met my expectations. Only thing i slightly disapproved of was the chicken meat itself. Slices of white breast meat that's been boiled. Sure it was tender and all but didnt have no flavor. This could go both ways because i know some like that in their chicken but when it came to boiled chicken i've always has stewing hens. Coming from a Vietnamese background we have many chicken dishes and usually the birds are stewing hens which are a lot tougher then standard run of the mill chicken. The meat is tougher and holds up to boiling so there's still texture and a little flavor after it's been boiled for a while. That's what i was expecting so hopefully that explains why the low score and why i'm umimpressed with their chicken.
The broth i have nothing to compare it against since i dont usually order Shoyu. It had a nice soy sauce flavor obviously since that's what it's based on.
Overall i'm up in the air about this place. Sora is still my go to place for ramen and the reason we came here was because it was down the street from our meetup location so not exactly sure when/if i'll come back to try something else and do a followup review.
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