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| - I've been wanting to find a ramen/noodle place for a while now and so after some searching I found Noodlecat. My boyfriend and I came in today and were pretty excited to try it out. We walked in and seated ourselves. The decor and atmosphere is nice, and the server was nice. We filled out our order sheets and chatted as we waited for our food.
We each ordered a steam bun. I got the tempura perch, and my boyfriend ordered the fresh bacon bun. They were very good, and I do recommend that if you go you try one. They're like a sticky, kinda of sweet folded bun, and they come with pickle, lettuce, miso sauce and something called power ketchup. Steam buns get a 5/5 from me.
I ordered the udon noodles with coconut curry tonkatsu and a 6 minute egg. My boyfriend got the house ramen with the pork miso. This is the part where I was disappointed.
The coconut curry tonkatsu comes with tofu, kimchi, potatoes, cilantro, and I'm pretty sure there were slices of jalapeno in mine. Well, first off, the tofu was... bland and kind of gross to be honest. I would've thought that maybe they'd at least saute it with some garlic or something to give it flavor. But it was just cubes of bland, soft, nothingness. Now, you'd think that the broth would help flavor the tofu, but it didn't. The broth tasted like all they did was throw together some coconut milk and red curry paste. It would've really benefited from a squeeze or two of lime juice, maybe a few shakes of some fish sauce. Something. Anything.
There is soy and what I believe to be buffalo sauce at each table, but no plain salt or pepper. I did throw some soy sauce on my tofu in an attempt to be able to manage to choke it down without gagging. But I just wanted to have some regular salt to put in the broth. Our server was very kind and brought out a little cup with some salt in it from the kitchen for me to use. It helped, and I was able to mostly finish my bowl. The noodles themselves were great. They had the perfect texture, and I enjoyed slurping them up (even though I ended up flinging broth everywhere. Oops...). I also really enjoyed the 6 minute egg, as I am a fan of runny egg on many things. Too bad they don't offer nori as an add-on 'cause I'd be all about that life.
My boyfriend's Ramen and pork miso was good. He enjoyed it very much and finished it in record time. I tasted the broth and thought it was a bit fatty, but no big deal.
The next time I go, I do believe I will get the charred spicy octopus and see if that sways my rating at all, but as of now I'm giving this place a 3/5. I will update my review if it changes.
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