Well, I am not typically the type of person to give restaurants a "second try" if the first visit wasn't good but in the case of Hot Noodles I am glad I gave it another whirl. First time I got a bowl as take out and by the time I got home (5 min away) the noodles were totally gummy and mushy. Not a big deal IF the broth wasn't super bland, which it was. Huge disappointment. Fighting a bit of a cold, or allergy ick or something my husband and I deduced to stop in for a bowl after a Home Depot run tonight and BOY were we glad we did. Umami bomb to the maximum. I had the Vegan with shrimp and egg and It was a mushroom dream. Well, not that kind of a mushroom dream buy you know what I mean. Meaty, rich and dimensional. My fella is a tough customer sometimes and he loved his shoyu. I didn't sample his because I'm not down with pork anywhere in or around my mouth but two thumbs up says my pork loving friend. We are certified to make this claim because we have been to Japan and slurped our way through Tokyo's ramen street and tonight's version could have fooled me in a double
Blind taste test. It's definitely legit, so we will
Just have to overlook the fact that $57 for two bowls of ramen and two bottled waters is approximately 2.85% of a business class ticket to Tokyo. Arigato.