For a gal who loves noodle in general, I've always been a bit nonplussed at how I can't seem to get with ramen. There's something about the texture of the noodle and the heaviness of the broth that doesn't sit well with me. In particular, I've always found the pork slices it general comes with to taste and have the texture of the meat that my mother tosses into soup to give it the unami feel. I don't understand why people rave over this stuff!
Which is why I was completely taken by surprise at how much I enjoyed the ramen at this place. I had the pork jowl version in shoyu. The meat, bamboo and seaweed came on its own plate. The meat was tender, with the right amount of fat, textured in such a way that I would never have associated it with the rough 'boiled meat' feel typical to the genre, and generally delicious. I actually quite enjoyed it! I had a half booked egg as well, which was the surprising disappointment as it was completely overdone, and didn't have t golden orange liquidy yolk that I've come to expect.
I also had some sort of canned carbonated peach flavoured sake drink with jelly. While it was a novelty, I certainly wouldn't recommend it at $9.95 a pop.
All in all, I would come again.