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| - So you watch Mind of Chef and you see how Chef David Chang came up with his work of art and it then makes you want to go pay a visit to his shrine. After having open a location in NYC, he decided to open his very own Momofuku in Toronto.
With two different restaurants located in the same area, he has opened up his eatery to accommodate the fine and the casual. With Momofuku Noodle Bar being the casual and Daisho being fine. Today's review is solely on the Noodle Bar, which I have to admit is awesome but not awesome all at once.
Let me explain. If you are going for the sole purpose of finding the best ramen noodles in town, then this is the wrong place to go. There are a thousand other ramen restaurants within a block radius of Momofuku that are a thousand times better and more traditional. However if you go to Momofuku you are not going for the ramen. You are going for the experience. You first walk into a glass square building attached to the amazing Shangri-La Hotel. First thing you see is a wide open concept with high stools and chairs and a bunch of stairs leading up to a random fridge (will explain later). He keeps the idea of a noodle bar literally like a bar. You sit, eat, drink and leave. The kitchen is pretty open and you can see the cooks do their best work. Good news is it's located right by the underground Path by University Ave and Queen Street. The atmosphere is great and the staff are super nice. They don't have a real beverage bar but simply have a small counter with a mini fridge that stores their beers and drinks.
Going upstairs you will find a fridge filled with Momofuku goodies such as cookies, pies and clothing. Consider this their mini store that specialize in their very own cookies and pies. You are welcome to go up anytime to grab your goodies and bring it down to your table. They will tally it up and add it to your bill at the end. When you get a chance, grab the compost cookies and their crack pie. AMAZE-BALLS!!
As for the food at the noodle bar, I typically get the pork buns and the Momofuku Ramen. The pork buns are two steamed buns stuffed with fatty pork belly, hoisin, scallion, and cucumber. They give you a cute little bottle of Sriracha sauce to go with it. The ramen itself is great but the soup and topics I find aren't too good. It's not filling and you always come out feeling ill as it's super fatty. You get pork belly & shoulder, fish cake, and egg. Again, I definitely only came here for the experience, not the ramen.
Would I come here on a regular basis? Definitely not but I would come when I have a guest and I feel like buying their compost cookies, which by the way I bought 12 of them for $22 the other day.
Definitely worth trying.
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