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| - I give it a 4, but BF gives it a 3. So about 3.5.
Came here yesterday just after 11am when they open. The menu was extensive in that there were so many different possibilities of combination. I found myself staring at it for quite a while as I'm quite an indecisive person. I liked that the menu you order from was laminated, therefore reusable. Its a good idea, but I wish those dry markers came with a eraser brush on top, as BF had to use his napkin with some water when he wanted to change his mind after marking it.
We both created our own noodle bowl. BF got the Coriander & Preserved Egg Fish Soup with Yellow Thick Noodle, and Japanese Style Chashu & Sliced Lamb as topping. ($9.50) The Fish Soup comes with bean curd roll, prince mushroom, and nappa cabbage. The sliced lamb was thin and the kind you buy for hot pot. The fish soup was good, it had a strong fish flavour, but was not fishy tasting (if that makes sense haha). BF originally marked udon as his noddle choice. We sat for over 15 mins before someone came out to let us know they were out of udon. So BF changed to yellow thick noodles, then the noodle came out less than 2 mins later. I guess they don't know what ingredients they have on hand until they are making it...
I ordered the Shio Hokkaido Hi White Pork Bone Ramen (Sea Salt Original), and Japanese Style Chashu & Tender Beef Tendon as topping ($10.50). The Pork Bone Ramen comes with Egg, Corn w/ Butter Sauce, and Agaric. My noodle came out a good 10 mins after BF's and he was half done by the time I started eating. The soup was good, flavourful but not overly salty. I got 2 big pieces of chashu, I didn't like their style of chashu, which is with a pork belly cut. They roasted it well and it wasn't dry, but the fat to meat ratio was overwhelming for me and I felt like I was eating mostly fat. Some people might like this, but not me. They give you a lot of tendon as well, I'm sure I ate over 6 pieces of it.
Both noodles came with drinks. I opted to pay the extra $2.50 to upgrade my drink to a Regular sized Presotea Royal Earl Grey Milk Tea Family Drink, while the BF stuck with the Hot Milk Tea. The Hot Milk Tea was not that good, it tasted like they used regular Lipton tea and added condensed milk to it. The regular Prestoea drink is equivalent to the size of a large Chatime drink, so $2.50 is definitely worth it.
Service was average, slightly slow when the place got packed during lunch. The portion sizes were ok. Noodle portion was about the same as Deer Garden, but Deer Garden gives you more soup. The included toppings like cabbage is a lot less than Deer Garden, but I think Chef Papa gives you more of the actually toppings you choose. Overall I liked my food, but I might have made some bad choices in the combination choice of my noodle. The rich soup, the fatty chashu, and the gelatinous tendon, made me feel very heavy after only half a bowl, and I struggled to finish the rest.
BF thought the food was ok, but found all the add-ons and different pricing too confusing and he prefers Deer Garden over Chef Papa in that area. For example, choosing ramen as your noodle is an extra $0.75, unless you are getting the pork bone soup base ramen in which case the $10.50 for the pork bone soup ramen already comes with the ramen so you don't have to pay an extra $0.75.
Anyways I'll be back, especially if I'm feeling like both noodles and bubble tea. Free wifi too, Score!
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