My man & I have been craving ramen for a while so we decided to be "Adventurous" and give this somewhat new place a try. It actually only took 13 minutes to get here from Rhodes Ranch so that was plus! When we got there all the tables were taken so we sat at the empty bar. Pretty soon we were joined by other diners at the bar and I had to move my purse off the stool next to me which sucked because they don't have hooks or a little shelf to put purses on and my purse is huge. hmmm We both got tonkatsu-shoyu ramen which is not on the menu but they were able to accommodate so yay. We also got a half order of gyoza and karage chicken wings.
-Karage Chicken Wings- 4 pieces, nicely seasoned but way too greasy. I think Fukumimi's version of serving it more as a popcorn chicken style works better.
-Half Order of Gyoza- 3 pieces.. nothing memorable.
-Tokatsu-Shoyu Ramen: First off, I think there was just way too little soup compared to everything else.. The broth itself tasted just like soup that you could get from a packet of .99c ramen. There was no deep, rich flavor that said oooh I've been cooking for 6+ hours instead it was just plain and boring. Maybe it was our fault for getting something not offered on the menu? The Chashu.. OMG what a disappointment... there was no melting in the mouth action what so ever. If anything it was more on the tough side and just not the business. The egg was perfectly soft boiled but more on the salty side. The only thing I liked about my ramen was the noodles. They were cooked aldente so they had a nice bite and they were of the thin variety that I like.
Service, although very friendly, was very spotty. For instance.. When we got our gyoza we were not given a soy sauce tray, when our ramen came out they only brought 1 spoon and we had to flag her down to ask for more water...
Something else that was weird was there were no toilet seat covers in the women's restroom... HAHAHA yea i'm weirdo so I wanted to include this in the review. but isn't that like a health code violation? idk ...
Right now Shoku is at the bottom of our ramen list. I really want to try the lobster miso ramen which is the main reason we came here in the first place but I don't know when they will have it again.. I feel bad giving them a low review but we just weren't impressed.
HOT TIP: Make sure to check out the specials' board.. We forgot to ..They had a couple interesting items like kimchi ramen & tan tan men.. Also don't forget to get a stamp card.