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| - I'm Japanese and tonkotsu is my favorite ramen flavor, so I had to try this place out! The tonkotsu ramen here is pretty average, but that's exciting in Pittsburgh where I've had noodles in Chinese flavored soup dressed up as "ramen". Extra star for being the best ramen I've had in Pittsburgh.
TLDR: The ramen here is probably enjoyable to many people, and it actually tastes like ramen! :O
Details: The soup was flavorful and easy to drink. Pretty standard, although I felt like they could have done a little more. I personally really like thick, kotteri tonkotsu soup so it was a little lacking in depth and richness. Noodles were pretty normal. The chashu was fine, although there was still some of that distinct meat smell that didn't need to be there. Also I would have preferred a little more fat in those slices. There's half of an ajitama (flavored soft boiled egg) in the bowl. I feel like ajitama just needs simple flavoring, but the one I had an extraneous flavor/scent to it. Not sure if I just had a weird off one, but it had kind of like a sweet alcohol scent to it. I've had good ajitama before that were a little sweet, but this one definitely threw me off. Finally, the bowls here are too tall and deep. It's difficult to finish the bowl off at the end.
At the end of the day, this place will satisfy your authentic ramen cravings.
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