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| - If you live, work or travel near downtown Toronto, you may have seen numerous Japanese ramen shops. Often, the lines outside the ramen shops form before noon most days. Kinton Ramen 5 on Church Street is my regular ramen shop, simply because it is closer to my house and has incredibly great ramen. Kinton is an offshoot of the Kinka Family and there are 5 Kinton Ramen outlets in the Toronto area. The place is always packed and sports small but efficient layout. Despite its small size, it feels far more spacious. The room is warm and inviting, and the busy open kitchen makes it a lively place.
While they offer both pork and chicken broth, my go to pick is the spicy jalapeño chicken broth, served in a deep bowl and topped with incredibly tender sliced chicken breast. The jalapeño paste gives the soup a sharp kick that balances nicely with the chewy noodles. The broth is creamy with emulsified fat and it's amazingly tasty. Noodles are available both thick and thin at this location, and the choice of chicken breast and pork can be customized to order. You can also pick additional toppings like seaweed scallions, swiss cheese 3.5, bean sprouts garlic oil, nori, grated garlic, sweet corn, seasoned egg, etc.
Kinton Ramen also offers appetizers (tapas). My favorite is hot Karaage (spicy fried chicken). The karaage is delicious and the fried chicken was perfectly crispy and tender with and full of flavor. Ton Ton Don - chopped pork seasoned on rice comes with slightly sweet taste but it is subtle and not over-powering. I find their kari kari rice balls (deep-fried rice balls with pork filling to be very hard - akin to biting into a golf ball.
The bar offers a range of drinks including Sapporo beer and cocktails. They have a selection of refreshing mixed drinks Sapporo beer with ginger ale, but my favorite is pink Calpico - grenadine with Calpico (Calpico is a non-carbonated soft drink and has a somewhat milky, and slightly acidic/tart flavor, similar to plain or vanilla-flavored yogurt drink). Kinton Ramen 5 also offers a small dessert menu - I have tried matcha cheesecake and it's rather underwhelming.
Although Kinton Ramen 5 is a busy location, you get efficient and attentive service; and, the quality of food is always consistent. I am not a ramen a connoisseur; however, I think Kinton Ramen offers a deliciously buttery broth and perfectly cooked noodles - and that's certainly good enough for me.
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