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| - Wound up being disappointed by Jinya. I didn't read any Yelp reviews before I visited; now that I have, it appears Jinya has consistency issues and that would explain my experience as well.
I had the namesake tonkotsu black ramen while my friend got the spicy chicken ramen. Now, don't get me wrong; I love garlic, but I just wasn't a fan of the garlic flavor here. And the garlic taste was so overpowering and the broth was also so salty that it completely covered up everything else. To be honest, I couldn't even have told you it was tonkotsu base - that's how crazily garlic-ky and salty it was. To top it off, my broth was lukewarm, so I'm not even sure what they were doing in the kitchen. Even at the bottom of my bowl, I doubt the broth was even 120F.
My friend's spicy chicken ramen was much, much better. It wasn't overly salty and the broth had a nice creamy and smooth feel to it, and it worked really well with the spiciness.
I also really liked the iced green tea, which seemed like it was actually brewed tea. Super tasty and refreshing.
So yeah, if I decide to come back - I would definitely go for the spicy ramen or maybe the namesake white. But the tonkotsu black was enough of a disaster that I'm not really enthused about the prospect.
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