We ordered Gyozas as a starter. To our surprise we saw one of the chefs taking out a bag of store-bought frozen gyozas. What the fuck. Sadly the said store-bought Gyozas were the highlight of the meal!
Miso ramen I ordered looked good with two pieces of cha-siu, some menma and a whole soft-boiled egg. Pretty authentic, i thought. Good things first, cha-siu was decent so was the egg. Also noodles had a good pull but broth lacked depth and tasted like a crappy miso soup anyone can make at home.
My buddy's miso katsudon was just panko-encrusted deep fried pork on top of rice. No egg, no onion, no soy sauce-based broth. Technically it shouldn't be called katsu "don" at all. Them again this is called "miso" katsudon (which I have never tried) so I might be wrong?
This is the second time I was at Big in Japan. I was there when they first opened in 2007 and wasn't impressed then. Well I wasn't impressed tonight either. Was this place really featured in the Montreal episode of Anthony Bourdain's new show? How embarrassing.