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| - I will start with the reason I'm giving them 4 stars vs. 5. I just didn't like the broth. And that's not to say it was bad, I'm sure it wasn't, it just wasn't to my liking. I found it way too "fishy". So on to my review!
My boyfriend and I have been spoiled by delicious ramen in Edmonton at Prairie Noodle so I was intrigued to try this new ramen place that opened up by my work in Calgary. Gagana is an authentic Japanese ramen place and definitely not fusion. Their menu is nice, small, and uncomplicated. (the way It should be.) They gave us a free chicken karage appetizer and it was AMAZING, I would go back there just to have that. We also had the pork gyoza and they were REALLY good. I am pretty judgemental of pork dumplings and these ones were fantastic and not greasy like they can be.
My boyfriend ordered the spicy miso ramen, and his first comment was "for someone who REALLY loves miso, this would be amazing" so the miso is miso-y folks lol. But in all seriousness it was pretty good according to him, I didn't try it.
I ordered the tonkontsu ramen. The bamboo, pork and the noodles themselves were fantastic. The noodles had a really nice "chew" to them. But, like I said above, the broth was just WAY too fishy for me. I might order the dipping ramen next time to avoid the fishy broth and then I think I'll like it a bit better, or I might try one of their rice dishes!
I would definitely love to go back and try some other things. Their food is done very well and their customer service is amazing, just because I didn't like the flavour of the broth doesn't make it a bad experience that's for sure.
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