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| - A quaint Japanese noodle house packing big flavors best sums up Monta. The place is reminiscent to the noodle houses we frequent in Torrance, CA and Litte Tokyo, offering a simple menu that doesn't detract patrons from the restaurant's main dish: ramens. We opted to try the miso ramen (bean paste) and tonkotsu ramen (pork bone) with the addition of available toppings such as chasu (roasted pork -- not for the fat conscious eater), shredded green onions, and butter (yes, butter!). The third ramen offering, shoyu, is something we'll probably try on the next go. The noodles were chewy-soft and a bit firm which is how it should be, and with a flavor-rich broth that's a cross between creamy melted butter and meaty-savory -- a feat only possible with many hours of high heat infusion of the ingredients. On a hot summer day, the place suffers from the lack of a good a/c, but once you start chowing down your piping hot ramen, the warm ambience fades into obscurity. A definite must-try place that we're glad we stumbled upon!
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