I was very sad to hear that the downtown location was closing, but happy then to learn of this new location. Unfortunately, much of what set apart the old restaurant has been erased from this new version.
The choices have been seriously dumber down and limited, as can be seen in the choice of ramen noodles (now a total of one variety.) Furthermore some of the things that remain are also a shell of their former selves. For example, the chicken leg I ordered today with the noodles was some luke warm, limp, overly salty shake and bake sort of thing as opposed to the ones downtown which were always amazingly good, crispy and hot.
Other disappointments include plastic bowls and having to eat the broth with standard small plastic spoon. Really? You make a broth we are supposed to enjoy and we are to eat it with that?
I hope they will get better, but this new version is in no way close to the past glory.