I attended a private tasting before the grand opening of this ramen restaurant. Before I dive into this review, as a FYI to the reader, this latest addition to the yonge street ramen invasion claims to come highly recommended by Michelin Tokyo - now that's quite a claim for a bowl of soup noodles.
We ordered the smokehouse garlic ramen and spicy ramen. The spicy ramen wasn't very spicy but the soup was delightfully creamy - almost like a cross between miso and beef broth. Let me tell you, the combination was pretty addicting. Secondly , don't get me started about those noodles. Its rare to feast on al dente ramen noodles, the firm springiness of those noodles teamed up with that creamy soup was pretty surprising.
The smokehouse had no smoke or garlic flavour , it also had some spicy flavor to it so I highly suspect we got 2 orders of the spicy.
Now on to dessert, we ordered the matcha ice cream smores and white chocolate fondue. The matcha smores was a huge fail ! The marshmallows failed to be melty at all and instead tasted like a piece of taffy - clearly way over scorched and an unnecessary element to the dish. Maybe the ice cream cooled the marshmallows too much so it became inedible. The granola was also a distracting addition and felt like it did not belong there.
As for the white chocolate fondue..It was the extreme opposite ! It was absolutely heavenly and very unique as it appeared more like a matcha fondue. I savoured each bite and would come back for this dessert alone.