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| - The lady and I were in the area getting some dessert, this place was always on our try list and since it was cold and raining it seemed to be a perfect place to try out finally. The entrance is a bit weird in my opinion, you have to go through the entrance of the hotel to then enter the return to, and only to enter through the bar area and the dining area in the back. The decor was nice, the lighting was a little dark for my taste but overall pleasant. The lady ordered a misogyny Ramen and I ordered a shoyu ramen. All Ramen come with bean sprouts, green onions, half a soft boiled egg, and chashu. Any other toppings is an extra $1, which to me is pricey as the base Ramen goes for $10.50. So once that was ordered we got an order of Japanese sweet potatoes. Being from Hawaii these are just sweet potatoes, the so called "sweet potatoes" here are yams. But anyway the potatoes were cooked well and had a miso butter sauce of sorts that was very different but pretty tasty overall. Now our Ramen arrived, it was kind of a let down to be honest. The broth for both of our ramens were very bland. We got it to taste decent after altering it with shoyu and some togadashi. We got the thin noodles and they were what seemed to be over cooked. No texture, no chewy goodness, just plan regular old noodles. Kinda though the saimin packages I make at home are better. So with that said we liked the Japanese sweet potatoes and we are not impressed by the Ramen at all. I can say I will be back, but if changes are made I will javelin another go. For the money there are far better options, plus there is no fighting trying to find and pay for parking (crazy but I guess the city has to make money somehow) the employees seemed friendly and maybe a little too friendly as we waited about 15mins before we got our check because our waitress was bust chit chatting with other tables. I can't blame them as it is curtious to speak and engage with your customers but we were ready to go for a while at that point. If we do return it may be for some drinks as some of their options seemed interesting. Until then good luck itsy bitsy!
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