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| - Despite hearing not so stellar reviews about the noodle bar from a bunch of my friends who have tried it, I needed to see for myself what Momofuku was like!
Came here for dinner w/ a friend. The noodle bar doesn't take reservations unless you pre-order the fried chicken (12 pc)...which happens to cost $40. I'm not sure what's so special about this, but it's apparently their signature dish.
Anyway, we ordered the pork buns ($10 for 2 pce). Though it seemed a bit pricey, there were two decent sized pieces of pork belly in each bun, and they were cooked perfectly and of good quality. I think this is the only thing I was really impressed by.
Ordered the Momofuku Ramen - again the meat was of good quality and cooked well, the noodles were good. However, the broth was the strangest ramen broth I've ever tasted. It had an artificial "smoked" taste, and seemed to be chock full of some sort of soy sauce or something of the like... it had almost a weird sour / salty taste to it. Epic fail.
The grilled squid was meh - server told us it is a popular dish but it wasn't that special. Not sure if it was supposed to served luke warm or not, but that's how it came. In fact, even the ramen was not piping hot.
I'm glad I've had the chance to try this place - given all the hype and excitement that came with the opening of it in Toronto, I knew it was a place I'd try at least once. I wouldn't go back and I wouldn't recommend it to someone in town for a short visit and therefore who would have only a limited time to try good eats as there are much better places downtown!
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