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| - (Lyrics - Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On)
Nishikawa!
Bo Bites be putting it down
I'm the hottest around
I told y'all Yelpers-ooh!
Y'all can't stop me now
Listen to me now
I'm trying ramens now
And if you want to (Yelp-a) then come and get it now
Do you want miso now?
Then spicy-spicy broth
I know you dig the way I re-re-view with Yelp
(Holla) People sing around
Now people read it now
Now people try it now
Go, Nishikawa........
Nishikawa had a soft opening that was big news; needless to say I didn't they prepared well since the reviews came in and things were chaotic apparently! For that reason I gave them time to recover. When I finally decided to go with my buds they were closed to re-train their employees; good for them to be able to identify the issue and get on it right away!
When I was finally able to attend and they were actually opened; I was surprised from what I read to what I was experiencing. I was greeted right away from the hostess and sat right away with a glass of water. My buddy and I decided to start with an appetizer the Takoyaki; diced octopus stuffed in a flour-based ball and drizzled with sweet and thick teriyaki-like sauce. Overall, I didn't care for it since it didn't have much texture aside from mush. However, not to say I didn't think it taste good since I had the same in Japan.
We progress to order our ramen and my buddy went with the Spicy Tonkotsu while I shot for the Nishikawa Black. My ramen came in a pork broth with pork chashu, kikurage, onions, dried seaweed, egg, black sesame, garlic oil, and shredded pepper. Overall, a packed ramen, but the flavors they were able to infused was impressive! If you like strong taste of sesame and garlic then this is your kind of ramen. The noodles itself is definitely different from the store bought kind, but also very doughy in my opinion.
In the end, Nishikawa had a rough start, but I think as time progress they will recover they're lost and people and Yelpers alike will soon discover this gem and learn to appreciate it again! - Enjoy!
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