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| - Not one of my favorite places, but the boyfriend & I came here yesterday because we wanted ramen since it was cold and our usual place (Ramen Tatsu - must try!) is closed on Mondays.
One of the reasons I do like this place is it's never really busy so we always get seated quickly and we've never waited a long time for our food to come out. It's a good place to eat as a "plan B" if your first choice doesn't work out. They also have a good variety of drinks, alcoholic & non-alcoholic. Another plus is that there's a picture for everything on the menu.
I normally have the house ramen but wanted to try something new and was in the mood for spicy so I asked our waitress if the spicy pork ramen came with char siu. She said no. So I asked her if I can add char siu to it, and she said no. Then she told me besides the short rib ramen, none of their ramen come with char siu, they only have pork. I pointed to one of the pictures and said "Really? That looks like char siu to me!" Her reply was "That's not char siu, that's pork." WHAT?! Char siu IS pork! For a waitress that works at a ramen place, I am really surprised she didn't know what char siu was. Anyway, then she asked another waitress who was MUCH more helpful. I heard them speaking Chinese to each other so I busted out my Chinese and got myself through the order.
Finally, I ordered the spicy pork ramen and added char siu (turns out I CAN do that, just had to pay extra which is okay with me). The flavor was good and I like their noodles.
My boyfriend got the short rib ramen. The short ribs had no flavor but the soup was really salty. Backwards much?
Also ordered a Kamikaze roll. They don't have the freshest fish, but it's still okay.
Total was around $32 for 3 food orders with 2 drinks so not bad. Shuseki is not so bad where we wouldn't come back - In general, their food is OKAY; not spectacular but not horrible either. We do come here once in a while and I would've given them 3 stars had our waitress not argued with me about the char siu.
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