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| - My japanese hairdresser told me this is as authentic as it gets when it comes to ramen in Toronto - and I'm so glad I took him up on his suggestion. "Just like Toyko," he raved.
I do believe that this is as good as it gets in terms of ramen in Toronto. The soup was wonderfully rich (yes fatty) and sweet, the noodles were perfectly al dente, the gyoza are hand made with the thinnest skin I've ever had this side of the ocean.
DO order a side of jowl meat (or get the ramen that comes with it)
DO go during off times or you'll wait in line chatting with strangers (not such a bad thing, but not fun if you're hungry and the wait time is over 40 minutes).
DO eat the fat on your meat - it is wonderful (your diet can start tomorrow).
DO order the combo with rice. I had the salmon on rice. The rice was cooked perfectly.
The only disappointment I had was with my side of egg. Although the flavour was there, the yolk was solidly cooked (borderline dry) and not the soft yolky egg I'm accustomed to getting with ramen. Was it an off day, or do they do things differently here? I see some yolky pictures in the gallery, so I'm guessing they served something that wasn't done properly. Minus one star for that...but everything else was great!
BTW, I've been to Kinton, Momofoku, Ajisen, Kenzo, etc.,...and this one takes the prize thus far!
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