I recently discovered that Dante has a LATE NIGHT NOODLES menu - they serve their version of Japanese Ramen noodles after 9:30 pm on weekdays and 10 pm on weekends. So of course, I was very excited to check this out....
Late night noodles - 2.5 stars.
Unfortunately, the noodles were a flop. Got to try miso and pork broths with ramen and somen noodles. They were not the slightest bit authentic. The ramen was similar to the instant ramen that you can get in packages at the grocery store, and not your traditional Japanese ramen. The somen was a little better. The miso tasted like the miso soup you would get as appetizers in a Japanese restaurant; not the miso broth that you would have with your ramen in a traditional ramen place. The pork broth tasted like beef, and it was definitely not your typical tonkotsu broth, but it was fine. The pork belly chunks in the soup were pretty good and tender so the soup was fine overall, but not worth staying up late for.
The rest of Dante - still 5 stars.
The linguini carbonara is still the best pasta I've ever eaten. Get the tasting portion so you have a greater ratio of egg to pasta. Break open that egg and let it permeate through the pasta noodles. Yum :)
Average: About 4.