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| - When I heard about a Chinese run ramen place, I was a little skeptical to be honest. However, Koi Sakana was a pleasant surprise.
Pros:
Very good bowl of ramen
Excellent customer service
Cons:
Portions are smaller
I love myself a good bowl of ramen. Aside from the usual suspects located downtown, there aren't too many good places for ramen uptown. When I heard of a Chinese run ramen place, I wasn't exactly jumping for joy. Koi Sakana proved me wrong completely.
Koi Sakana is the definition of a hidden gem. It's hidden within a small plaza so if you're not looking for it, you'll miss it. Once you walk in, you notice this place is nothing fancy. Simplistic, yet gets the job done. The place only has a couple of ramen bowls to pick from, but there's enough variety to satisfy any ramen lover.
My GF and I both order the House Tonkatsu ramen. It's nice to know that the ramen automatically comes with toppings like a whole egg, corn, fish cake, black fungus and seaweed included in the price. The broth was better than I expected. Not as rich as places like Santosei, but very good nonetheless. The noodles were very good. I don't like non Japanese ramen places like Kenzo and Sonoya as much because I feel the noodles don't match up to their Japanese counterparts. The noodles here were very good. Just enough bite to them. My only gripe is the portions are smaller than other places. If you're a big eater you'll need to add extra noodles and cha siu for sure. Even after adding them, it still feels smaller than a regular bowl of ramen anywhere else.
The waitress there was super nice and friendly. She saw we had out little one, and got out separate bowls and utensils for her. Our cups of water were refilled without asking and napkins given to us whenever we ran out all as well. She would come over and make sure all was well a couple of times as well. Out little one is usually shy around strangers but even she was able to laugh with the waitress too.
All in all, this is a wonderful place to get ramen that's not located downtown. It won't replace Santosei as my fav, but it's definitely my fav uptown as of right now. If you're in the area and craving ramen, definitely give this place a try!
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