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| - Toronto has been building a long list of ramen restaurants, most of them noisy and over-hyped. This one is a refreshing surprise: creamy tonkotsu broth *without* a horde of hipsters screaming at each other over Ramune and vodka. The noodles, broth, and toppings here are the real deal. The noodles are bouncy, chewy, and curly (the Holy Trinity of Ramen), and the broths have silken body without being too sticky or cloying. The tonkotsu broth was amazingly milky and rich but smooth, without any annoying globules of fat. The shoyu broth was tangy, with an underlying fermented funk that stood up to the saltiness of the broth. And the portion size was just right: big enough to turn a late lunch into a supper, but not such a boatload of noodles that things got mushy by the end.
I've been to Kinton, and Kenzo, and Guu, and I can honestly say Nakayoshi's ramen is better. It's not gimmicky, it's not crowded, and they do Japanese home-cooking classics like curry rice, oyako-don, and yakiniku. The prices are reasonable, the ingredients are quality, and the technique is on point. I really hope they stick around.
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