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| - I give 3 stars for this restaurant. It is not an authentic Japanese ramen restaurant. To be honest, when you walk into a Japanese ramen restaurant and see there is no asian chef in the kitchen, well, it is time to leave if you are a real ramen lover.
There are 3 main factors of a ramen: Broth, Noodles, Side dishes. The key of a good ramen is all about the BROTH! Without a good broth, the ramen cannot be good or even qualified as ramen. For this restaurant, I only want to give 1 star for broth(I tried the Tonkotsu). It's flavourless and it definitely makes the noodles flavourless either. When you enjoy a ramen, you want the noodle fully absorb the flavour from the broth and never want them in a seperated condition.
Secondly, the noodles are not bad, they have a springy texture. But the side dishes for ramen are pretty disappointing. In stead of adding traditional side dishes (bamboo shoots, bean sprouts) into ramen, they added some wired stuffs, like mushroom, pickled ginger into ramen. I understand their innovation or they just want to cater the locals' taste. But indeed, they make it worse and wired.
There are 3 highlights of this restaurant. 1. The atmosphere is pretty good. The place is well decorated and staffs are friendly. 2. Good smoked pork belly. It is qualified. It is flavorful, juicy and tender. 3. Impressive Green Tea Ice cream. Good flavour and it tastes rich in green tea and it has a silky and firm texture.
To make a long story short, this is not an authentic Japanese ramen restaurant. I will not recommend it to a real ramen lover.
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