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| - Food for thought, some say ramen is a derivative of the Chinese dish, laomien...remember most oriental ethnicities are distant descendants of China and the Japanese pronounces L's as R's...interesting huh?
Moving on, I dropped in this place when they first opened and later left since it was cash only at the time.
So I managed to return with the main squeeze since she recommended trying the place out, why not?
Do keep in mind that there is a small parking lot at the rear that can be tricky with people coming and going, so be careful when exiting to the street.
There was a 5 minute wait, which I told myself must be a good sign. Once seated, we were sharing a large table with another group separated with a makeshift partition that was also a special menu. Kinda like a science project board or something of the sort.
Anyhow, I read on Yelp that a lot of people enjoyed the Killer Spicy Ramen A.K.A. Screaming for Vengeance...so I had to give it a try, in shoyu broth. Apparently they offer shio (salt), miso (fermented bean), and shoyu (soy sauce) broth...I wish they had kotteri. In addition to that, my girl got the Deluxe Miso Ramen while I added a Curry Chashu Bowl, Gyoza and tall Kirin Ichiban draft beer. What's puzzling to me is that if this type of ramen originated from Hokkaido, why isn't there Sapporo on tap?
It didn't take long for the food to come out and began nibbling on the Curry Chashu Bowl immediately. Its yummy but was quick to notice that their chashu is doesn't melt in your mouth like it does at Monta. It is, in fact, very similar to Fukimimi Ramen chashu, a little bit chewier but there is a grilled or smoked flavor that was received very well.
When the ramen arrived, like all soups, I like to take a second or two to taste the broth by itself before loading up any condiments or additives. I was surprised to learn that the broth was not that spicy, given the name...it was more like whispering for vengeance. I was praying that it was a creeper and would live up to its name, but unfortunately that never happened. Thick ramen noodles were included versus Monta and Fukumimi, which is not a bad thing for me. If I had to choose, ranking would be Monta, Ramen Sora, then Fukumimi, when it comes to ramen noodles alone. I am not sure if it is handmade here either.
The ramen was pretty disappointing and tasted very much like a mad scientist concoction of instant ramen packets with a heavy dose of togarashi. My girl was not very please with her "Deluxe" as well and we decided to get it over with and get our fill before heading over to the Ice Skating Yelp event at the Cosmo, thanks Misti Y. for the free tickets...well Darlene R. thanks you, she was the Elite member to receive them.
I left the place full and can admit that the only good thing in the ramen is the red fishy chili oil sauce used to garnish the bowl of ramen, other than that, probably will have to rank this near the bottom of the pack in terms of ramen. Some katsuobushi, wakame or togarashi would be nice too. I still want to come in for the butter corn ramen since it was my initial pick. So lesson learned, go with your instinct Yelpers. LOL.
Oh yeah, another thing, when it comes to ramen and pho, I came to notice a lot of people are very particular to certain flavors, so much of this is to each his/her own. I like to do research on the whole culture to know what I am searching for in good ramen or pho. Also, forgot to mention that those that like ramen may want to try Taiwanese and Chinese noodle soup as well...Wendy's Noodle Cafe & Yi Mei Champion Taiwanese Deli.
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