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| - The restaurant I was trying to get to was surprisingly closed for the Sunday (hours posted on a crappy piece of paper on the window! Bah humbug) so I dropped in here instead, as the noodle making machine out front looked promising. Unfortunately we caught them on a bad day - their AC was broken. We committed to staying anyway because we didn't know where else to go nearby, and the staff were very nice and showed us in immediately. The place is averagely sized and features an open concept kitchen - normally really cool, totally not on a day where the heat warning should've been in effect and their AC is broken. The waitresses were both very attentive bringing menus and iced water to help cool us down, and we quickly decided on Tonkotsu ramen bowls with black garlic oil, and an order of chicken karaage to start.
The menu has your standard variety of options, a fair number of appetizers, and a great combo deal where you can get a ramen bowl and a side don (bowl of rice with some meat item on top). Items were fairly priced for a ramen shop, and I discovered the portions to be generous.
The wait was a bit longer than expected, but not intolerable. The chicken karaage came first with a ball of mashed turnip. There's quite a bit of salt on the chicken, but it was still quite crunchy and the pieces were large and meaty - definitely one of the best I've had. The turnip helped to cut the salt, and I was overall quite satisfied.
The ramen bowls came next and looked great. The broth was rich and there was lots of black garlic oil - they did not skimp out at all. The soft-boiled half egg was perfect, and my pork was tender and flavourful. The noodles were the thin kind - I wish they had asked and given me the option for my preferred thick noodles - and they were chewy yet soft. As I ate through the bowl there was continuously still noodle left, there was no shortage at all! Unfortunately that also meant some of it stayed clumped at the bottom and fused itself together, which was annoying given the lack of space in the bowl in general.
This was definitely one of the best bowls of ramen I've had, which is notable having gone to a number of ramen shops in Toronto as they popped up all around town. The broth and flavour is great - though some may find it too salty for their taste. If not for the chicken karaage tipping the scale a bit on the saltiness, and my noodles clumping at the bottom of my bowl, it would've been an easy five-star decision. What redeemed them was the super attentive and nice waitresses - we never had to ask for a refill or any other services, they just appeared at the right time right away.
One interesting thing we noticed was that the staff spoke Japanese - makes the whole experience more authentic right? No worries, English and French are also well-commanded languages among the waitresses.
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