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| - A deeply confused restaurant on no fault of the servers. They serve both Japanese and Italian food based around noodle dishes. The concept seems shaky, but the food is even shakier. I ordered the Abura Soba and the girlfriend got the Torigara. The Torigara chicken ramen had an ok broth, but was largely unspectacular in total and was exceptionally oily. Regardless of how well you make your pork broth, or any broth for that matter, it should not be as oily as it was. Ok, so the ramen was mediocre, why 2/5? The Abura Soba was an absolute mess. The noodles were not soba, and the flavor was...off. Something didn't mix well. It could have been the awful lo mein taste, the lack of discernible flavor direction, or the horribly made noodles, but I'm not sure as I gave up trying to enjoy it after one bite.
It'd be different if Noodle Bar advertised themselves as making all in-house noodles, but to me, they certainly didn't look, nor taste it. They're eclectic and expensive with average portion sizes and I could not see myself back there. It's a poor restaurant concept and I would strongly suggest they refocus their attention on one genre. Awful... very very awful.
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