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Food Taste: 5
Food Quantity: 5
Service: 4
Price: $$ (bowl of ramen with extra meat and an appetizer/side dish puts you at about 18-20 with tax and tip, no EtOH)
Value: 4.5
Apparently this place is related to the Monta down in Chinatown. While I had frequented the Chinatown location on several occasions, it was becoming quite tedious to drive out there for a ramen fix. Then I found out they opened up a branch store in Henderson, and happiness befell me. Then I found out that they had more culinary experiments at this location, and bliss tickled my tongue.
Ramen: Several varieties. most are familiar to Monta-goers. Shoyu (soy sauce), Tonkotsu, Shoyu-Tonkotsu, and Miso. There are the addition of Kuro/Black (Tonkotsu + black garlic oil) and Red (Tonkotsu + red hot spicy whatevers). Overall, the broths are less salty than the Chinatown location (makes it less authentic, but certainly more palatable if you like to finish the soup.), otherwise most are the same except for the addition of the black and red ramen.
The Black ramen gets its name and color from the roasted garlic oil. Gives the soup a speckly black appearance, and gives the ramen a slightly bitter taste. Either way, if you like garlic with a hint of bitter, this is an excellent ramen.
The Red ramen is just angry spicy. Think of it as your Tonkotsu ramen + Sriracha. Probably a match made in heaven for some people. I have no problems with it.
Appetizer: Crispy Rice with spicy tuna topping. One word: delicious. The crunch of the sushi rice topped with the pleasantly spicy tuna is probably the most amazing thing ever. If you came here and just got 3 orders of this and had nothing else, I wouldn't blame you at all. (Note: tuna is raw.)
The other appetizers aren't so bad either, but that Crispy rice.......*drool*
Conclusion:
Hooray! A ramen place close to home with other goodies!
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