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| - First time at this now Toronto institution. I know there's much back and forth about the best ramen place in Toronto, and I have to say, I haven't had ramen anywhere else but here. And it was great. It was cold AF today, and so when we walked past the huge line at Hokkaido on Dundas, we just kept on walking up Church to Kinton where there was just another couple in front of us. We were seated fairly quickly, and ordered the following:
- a mini Sapporo, a cocktail called Gold (cocktail was weak but refreshing - would not get again)
- edamame (very well salted, maybe even slightly over, addictive as edamame tends to be)
- an order of the original chicken ramen with thin noodles (my husband's order, he loved it, he said he could "die in this broth")
- an order of the original chicken ramen with thin noodles + jalapeno paste. The broth was rich and hot, albeit a little salty, and there was a generous amount of noodles. It came with two pieces of chicken breast, some nori, green onions/white onions, some sliced jalapeno + jalapeno paste, and a seasoned egg. I'm glad I added the jalapeno paste, because I think I would have been bored halfway through the bowl otherwise. The seasoned egg though was KEY - I will always add this on to my order and I would recommend you do too. Overall, it was great, warmed my soul.
Service was a little slow, but I won't ding them too much for that, since they got super busy as soon as we got seated. The staff does send you off with a loud greeting, izakaya style, which is always fun.
TLDR: saltier than I like/expected it to be, addition of jalapeno paste + seasoned egg made the ramen SO much more enjoyable. good ration of broth to noodles. served piping hot as it should be.
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