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| - I have wanted to try Monta for a good few years now & somehow had never made it. Lol, that's what I get for not having foodie friends. My friends have gutter palates & they're not adventurous @ all.
Fortunately, I have made new friends & that was how I ended up here. Thanks to Cresta I., I finally got to try Monta. I had accompanied her on a Mommy & me day. I, being the, me in the equation :P
We arrived a little before 6 pm on a Tuesday. We had actually tried to come around lunch time, which was silly of us, because it was way too packed. However, when we returned, it was less crowded & we were seated immediately at the counter.
I ordered the Tonkatsu-Shoyu Ramen with Nitamago & some chicken fried rice. The rice came out first & it was really good. Then, the moment I had been waiting for, and cue the angels...AHHHH...my ramen. It just looked so beautiful & smelled wonderful. As I write this now, my mouth is watering & I can just taste it. It really was so comforting & delicious, the epitome of Umami, in the general sense. I just wanted to dive in and backstroke in there! I was totally reminded of the movie Ramen Girl, and I could just feel the love, and heart & soul that went into this bowl of ramen. Unfortunately, I have nothing else to compare it to. I have been to Japan, but sadly I never had the pleasure of having ramen while I was there :(
Overall, I really love this place & I will definitely be back. The staff is wonderful & gracious. It was a lot of fun sitting @ the counter & watching the cooking going on back there. Lol, I did find it amusing to see some of my fellow Hispanics back there doing big things ;) I'm pretty sure they were trying to pass them off as Japanese by tying their headbands a little tighter than normal though. Well, they do it @ Benihana, so why not here. Ha Ha! I will totally recommend this place to any and everyone who will listen.
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