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| - Do I give Noodlecat one star or two? Hmm. I'll give it two.
I agree with my other fellow yelpers- this place is pretty bad. I mean, if you've never experienced good ramen, of course you wouldn't know any better, but if you have had actually good quality ramen from major cities...this place is bad.
I feel that the staple of ramen places is the quality of the noodle. Homemade spun noodles. Where you can order them by their texture- medium, hard, soft, medium-hard, and so on. And the broth is a major staple as well (check out my Daikokuya or Shinsegumi reviews from LA).
So, although I was wary to even try this place (I was aftraid to be rather disappointed and sad after trying it), I was peer pressured into it, by friends who were attending their "Back to School" special. Cheap specials- $5 "college ramen" bowls, 25 to 75 cents small samplings of sangria and summer ales. And man, they had quite the extensive list of alcohol- kinda strange for an Asian noodle place.
Off I went after a long Saturday. Noodlecat looks nice, don't get me wrong-the interior is great, and man, is that great location on Euclid. It just looks cool and modern. I sat down at the bar and proceeded to try the appetizers as they were getting passed around before we ordered.
I remember the rice ball....falling apart and having no taste. Just hand me the bottle of rice seasoning please.
My friends all ordered the college ramen....and all hated it. The general comment? "It tastes just like the name....instant ramen from college." Bleh. I tried the pork miso ramen. Where was my pork? And why was the broth not good... and the noodles tasted like the packed instant noodles I buy from Asian grocery stores. Really? I just spent money on that? My friend got another specialty ramen as well...but general consensus from all of us (all asian too) were definitely a "bleh."
I mean, this place would probably be a cool place to get a drink and relax....if you don't care about getting quality ramen. It's a cool location. But if you want good ramen....try somewhere else. The service was good, don't get me wrong- just..... I was indeed disappointed and sad.
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