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| - When there was a JINYA in Costa Mesa, CA years ago - I went there SO much, the workers started calling me Van-chan. I would like to imagine that I was one of their favorite customers. I was absolutely devastated when they closed down the Costa Mesa location. While I was in Vegas, I stayed at Palms Place and I was so close to JINYA, I knew I had to go back for that delicious tonkatsu broth that lingers to my soul!!
I came about 10 minutes after they opened and the restaurant was already half full. The place was packed by the time I was ready to order!! I had the JINYA Tonkotsu Black ($12) which has their heavenly pork broth, thin noodles, pork cha shu, seasoned egg, garlic chips, garlic aioli, fried onion and spicy sauce. I actually asked them to make this spicy for me since I liked the ingredients in this bowl better than the Tonkotsu Spicy Ramen. I made my dish a combo (additional $4.20) for 4 piece gyoza and salad.
The person next to me ordered their combo after me but they received their salad first. I got my salad a while after and I was less than impressed. The gyozas were pretty good but definitely on the smaller side. I do not recommend the combination upgrade.
My JINYA Tonkotsu Black was almost as impressive as I remembered. The broth was PERFECT and the seasoned egg leaves my heart fluttering. The only thing that I wasn't in love with was their cha shu. Hopefully I went on an off day because the cha shu was tough and not as flavorful as I remembered.
I also splurged while I was on vacation mode for their Panna Cotta ($3.50). This is one of my all time favorite desserts and I loved the panna cotta itself but I have no clue why they threw ice cream on top of it. The sweetness of the ice cream over powered the delicate panna cotta. This panna cotta had the perfect consistency and I feel like they downgraded the product as a whole by throwing on a scoop of ice cream.
The conclusion is that you should come here for the ramen, but nothing else. Their service can really improve too. I came and ordered because the customer next to me but they gave him his identical order before I got my stuff. And also there was this annoying issue where at first they ran out of the pork broth and only had the chicken broth. By the time their tonkotsu broth was ready, the waitress came to inform the customer next to me and walked off. I had to flag her down to change my broth to the default tonkotsu broth. I would have been less than satisfied with chicken broth if the one I actually want is available.
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