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| - OK, so it wasn't HORRIBLE, but honestly it wasn't any better than most ramen places I've been to in the bay area, and it was LOT more expensive.
The excellent:
* The buns were awesome. Like best part of the meal awesome. We had the pork belly, and the mushroom buns.
The good
* The Smoked egg and salmon egg appetizer (I forget the name). It was reallly good, but kind of mushy. Needed a little more texture to it. You have to like smokey things - My GF didn't like it
* The Kimchi chicken, and fried bones - The Kimchi was bomb, really good. The friend bones were delicious - super salty and crispy. The Dark meat chicken was good, but the breast meat was really dry, which kept this from being under the "excellent" category.
The not so great:
* The Ramen! The pork belly ramen was pretty bland, and unexciting. I was going to order the one with truffles, and such, but I'm glad I didn't because I would have been extra disappointed I think. I've had much better ramen, pretty much everywhere honestly. It wasn't "bad", but for the price, and expectations, it really didn't hit the mark.
* I liked the spicy cucumbers, GF didn't... But I didn't like them enough to really elevate this rating much.
Overall I think the two star description of "Meh. I've experienced better" fits this restaurant perfectly. Not bad, but just OK, and because of the price, I'd avoid it.
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