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| - I've been to Aji Sen and thought the noodles were okay. Not great, but okay.
I've been to Kenzo and passed on the ramen, but ordered the yakisoba. Good stuff, but relatively overpriced (especially for the sides). Also, it's not ramen.
I've been too Kinton as well and was sorely disappointed by the hype. Long wait times + hard, unappetizing noodles = no return.
So I can't say I've had the best impression of ramen, but then I heard about this place. A friend of mine wanted to come here, and although my ramen experiences weren't as amazing as everyone else makes them out to be, I thought I'd give it a try.
Needless to say, my expectations coming here weren't high. Upon arriving, I wasn't overly pleased either.
Although the wait time was nowhere near as bad as Kinton was (waited to be seated for an hour), there was still a lineup. It wasn't very well organized. When you walk into the restaurant (which is quite tiny by the way), one of the waitresses will ask you to wait outside in a line. They don't even bother to take your name down to put you on a list. But on the bright side, they're pretty nice about it.
So strike one there, but that's where the strike ends.
Service was fast, the waitresses/waiter was nice, and the ramen was tasty. Good ramen! Who would've thought?
The way this place makes the ramen resembles spaghetti. I thought it was upon first glance, but eating it, there was definitely a difference. It wasn't hard like Kinton, but t wasn't soft to the point of being mushy either. Very nice for slurping and making a mess in front of your friends.
The soup was very good too. I've been trained to never drink soup when eating noodles because it could be loaded with MSG. I'm sure noodle houses have healthier soups, but I've never really had any before that was good enough for me to consider dropping my guard over until I had Tonkotsu Ramen here. The soup looked pearly white, but the taste was delicious. Not too salty; not scathingly hot; not bad at all!
It's the first time I've finished a noodle soup.
Although I'd like to give this place 5 stars, the whole lining up thing didn't appeal to me. Also, when we left, I saw that they had posted up a sign saying they were sold out. I have no idea if they were out of soup or noodle, but that can't be good for anyone who ends up waiting in line outside, only to be turned away because the restaurant had insufficient stock of food available.
But that shouldn't deter you from giving this place a try. It's good, and if you like Japanese food or noodles, you'll want to stop by this place at least once.
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