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| - Ordered a spicy tan tan with thick noodles. Arrived within 10 minutes, but it looked pretty sad.
One small piece of half a chashu, a couple pieces of ground pork, a couple slices of bamboo shoots, a handful of noodles, and a whole egg, all for an excellent price of $11.50.
The broth was interesting. The noodles had a nice texture and flavor. Egg was pretty nice, soft-boiled and slowly cooking in your hot soup. Chashu was alright, but way too small. And you'd think they could at least offer more than a dozen pieces of ground pork, given that this particular dish is served in "limited quantities" per day perhaps due to the supply of ground pork?
But at the end of the day it's a really small bowl of noodles when you think about it. The place gets busy, so you might be waiting awhile. The place is also small, so even when you get a seat, you'll be seated right next to someone else. Can't really say it's a nice date place either.
I suppose when it comes to ramen, it's quality vs quantity, but at the same time, there are a dozen other chinese, japanese, or vietnamese noodle shops in the area that will offer for the same price more meat, more noodles (some of them unlimited noodles), larger seating spaces, and/or more variety, and for those are just looking for a place to hang out comfortably and chat over tea for an hour or two while enjoying your food at a nice pace, there are better options.
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