Kinton Ramen is the newest addition to the Guu empire in Toronto. As a fan of both Guu and ramen, I was definitely looking forward tasting Guu's take on the traditional Japanese comfort food.
Our wait for a table of 3 was about 45 minutes (during soft opening week) and I bet that it's only gotten worse since then due to rather paltry selection of ramen choices in downtown Toronto's (as compared to some other major NA cities with large Asian populations aka NYC, LA, or Vancouver).
I ordered the 'extra meat' version of the tonkotsu broth ramen and it is truly an understatement to say that this was too much meat. Of course that isn't Kinton's fault and kudos to them for being extra generous. My extra meat ramen came with pork shoulder and pork belly and as usual, the belly was a lot better than the shoulder.
In comparison to the meat, I felt the amount of noodles was a bit small. Again, this wouldn't be an issue in the regular size ramen but I felt there was too much meat to noodles in the extra meat version (I guess that's why it's called extra meat and not extra large).
In terms of the broth, I have to say that it was pretty disappointing. My tonkotsu broth was regular (as opposed to light) and had fat chunks floating around which might be off-putting to some but was fine with me. However, the broth seemed to lacked a complexity that other top notch chains (i.e. Ippudo) serve. It was so salty that I believe that overpowered all other tastes in the broth.
I would definitely try Kinton again just to give it another chance. After all, this was a soft opening and ramen selection downtown just isn't that great.