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| - Setting the noodle making machine aside, Touhenboku's soup base is probably its most "unique" aspect when compared to its competitors. Rich and (perhaps a bit too) thick, the store touts a soup base packed with collagen that's less oily than the pork bone based soups of its competitors.
As great as it sounds, it is most likely the soup base that'll create a divergence of customer opinions. And yes, from this three star review, one can perhaps speculate (or not..) that this soup base was definitely not my cup of tea (..bowl of soup?).
Yesterday night, I had the Original Touhenboku ramen with thick noodles, regular pork, and in sea salt flavour. The noodles and pork were definitely solid. No complaints there. But after three spoons of the soup, I was taken back to a nightmare episode I had in Japan where I had tried this similar thick, rich, flavour packed soup that was so thick, rich, and flavourful, I swore off my beloved meat and all things oily for the next three months of my life. (no lie, srs)
This place is not bad. Really. It's worth giving this place a try, being one of the rare places in Toronto that actually serve this type of "pai-tan" soup. But for me at least, I probably won't be going there for awhile.
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