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| - YES it is finally cold enough for warm comfort soup!!! My friend and I are from California. We wanted to celebrate finishing an exam and we thought Umami was worth the drive out to Phoenix. We set our standards low though...
The Parking: Woah, I did not expect to not find parking on a monday night. But we luckily found a spot at a meter near by. Meters are FREE after 6pm! Umami's sign is small and a little tucked away so you just have to walk around the 21 Building in a circle and you'll eventually find it hahaha
The Feel: very modern, very trendy, definitely reminds me of any typical LA eatery. BIG THUMBS UP! You can use pencils to write on the cups at the table, or use chalk to write on the big wall across the bathrooms.
The Service: great! Our water were filled promptly, our orders were taken right away (which was awesome because we arrived at 6:55 and happy hour ends at 7pm HAHAHA)
The Food: Happy hour items only
-paitan/miso broth with chasiu aka pork belly meat ($6): what a steal!!! I added a soft boiled egg and garlic. The broth was flavorful, a little bit on the salty side but nbd. The soft-boiled egg was a weeny bit too cooked. BUT the chasiu meat, oh baby, the chasiu meat. It was soft, tender... The sort of heavenly goodness that just melts in your mouth. ORDER THIS, you'll thank me later.
-sunset cocktail ($5) so delicious, it was perfectly fruity with a hint of alchy. Recommend for all the fruity drinks lovers.
The Con: the menu are paper and had lots of water and food stains on it, kinda gross. And the menu where you fill up your choice of ramen and additives were also reused, they just erased the previous order. I think there might be classier ways to be green and reuse your menu guys, like using lamination and use erasable markers...
Overall: our bill came out to be about $32 with 2 ramens and 2 drinks. Not bad at all! Umami is in the perfect location where you can take a walk down Mills road to work out some of that pork belly fat you just ate, or not, let it sit and marinate happily in your belly. Hahah, Umami, I'll be back for more@
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