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| - I love Ramen, I've done a few reviews on several ramen places and so there's a certain expectation I have when I come in to get a bowl of ramen. Being one who lives in Mississauga, I had to try out the one and only ramen place. Few years back, I went to the downtown location and had mixed reviews with it. And sadly, that's the same thing I've experienced recently.
Before I begin, I genuinely want Kenzo to succeed especially when they are the first ones to break into Mississauga. So I'm hoping that the owners read this and take some the criticisms to improve their business.
So décor wise, it's very unimpressive, almost feels like they just took the old place, put some tables, added a couple of Japanese props and bam, along came the ramen place. Not much they can do about this, but I have to address, as ramen places in general have invested just as much $ into the décor as they have in the food.
Service is fine. That's really Kenzo's high point, as it was pretty fast, attentive and they were welcoming when you came in and when you left the place. It pains me to award a low review for a place that had relatively good service.
So the food. This is where Kenzo completely missed the mark on a lot of things. The menu for one, didn't offer more than...10-12 ramen bowls, with 2 appetizers (one of them being crossed off). Also, the menu I got was in pretty bad condition, ripped and looked like soup was accidently dumped on it. It kind of bugged me that the menu had so little choice, and didn't offer up options to add corn, an egg or any form of extra garnishes. It was pretty much "you get what you see".
As for the actual dish, which was the Shi-o Ramen, first off, the bowl was PUNY. It reminded of the small bowls that I would get at Pho. This puny bowl is $8, which I guess is cheaper but my goodness, there was absolutely very little in my bowl. Ramen noodles, two slices of pork, some green onions and 3 slices of bamboo shoot. The ramen noodles were fine, soup was overly salted imo and pork was surprisingly bland. I finished my bowl in literally 5-10 minutes and found myself going elsewhere to get a snack to fill me up (yes, I could have gotten gyoza but in all honesty, by this point, I had just given up).
Having said all this, I want Kenzo to realize that there is a considerably amount of areas that need improvement before I can even think of revisiting the place. Take this review in good stride.
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