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| - I was pleasantly surprised by this little shop that took over what I believe used to be a coffee time in a strip plaza that can be easily overlooked. I hunted down this restaurant because I was craving ramen and needed to eat in that area before my appointment nearby.
There isnt' a ton of seating, maybe enough for about 30 ppl including the seats at the bar. We didn't have to wait for a table so that was nice since I was tight on time. Staff were friendly and did give us some advice when we asked about the different broth options for the ramen. In the end, my husband ordered the Shio ramen and I ordered the Kyouka ramen. We also ordered an appetizer - the Karaage chicken bites (we were debating between that and the gyoza and thought this might be the better choice. We were not disappointed.
The Karaage chicken bites were quite delicious. flavour was definitely there, it wasn't too salty - I was also really hungry at that point so I just started to devour those chicken bites. I generally like popcorn chicken- type dishes so it's no surprise that I would like the dish. But the batter was light and crispy, and the chicken was tender enough inside, a great start to the meal!
I tried some of the broth of the shio ramen.. but I think I liked my broth better - although the shio did have a very strong clam broth taste so if you like that flavour profile I think the Shio would be good. My husband isn't really a seafood guy, so after he tried both broths, he thought mine was better. I selected less fat option and I was quite happy with that choice - I think if i picked the higher fat options it might be too rich for my liking.
I'm used to liking thick broths for my ramen, hence naturally I picked the Kyouka since i'ts pork bone broth. I like that it comes with two pieces of meat, pork and chicken. Both were quite nice, and I liked the ramen texture, flavours were good - well balanced and none of the ingredients overpowered each other. The noodles are a little wider than the ones i usually eat, but they were cooked to perfect texture and I liked the hint of "springyness" that the noodles had. Portions overall I thought were quite good for the price point - there was quite a bit of noodles in there, so I thought it was pretty good value.
Overall I was quite surprised at the ramen - I walked in not expecting much because I just needed somewhere to go, but after this I think next time I'm in the neighbourhood I might stop by for another bowl of the Kyouka ramen.. and perhaps double topping this time :)
p.s. If you check in on yelp while you're at the restaurant, they do offer a 10% discount, which I did use :) However, my yelp app resetted after a while so by the end of the meal the deal disappeared because I didn't choose to redeem now or save for later :( But the manager was very nice and she gave me the 10% after I told her what happened!
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