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| - I really, really want to give Fukumimi 5 stars.
They have one of the best ramen in Vegas. They have one of the best karaage. They have one of the best cold noodle.
What's lacking is the finishing touch in the noodles - namely, the softness of the noodle.
If you are crazy about ramen, you might know that there are more than six grades of softness / hardness of noodles when you order ramen in Japan: soft, regular, hard, barikata, harigane and konaotoshi.
It gets harder as you get to the end of the list - in Japanese, barikata means "very hard", "harigane" means steel wire, "konaotoshi" means "just drop the powder". As ridiculous as it sounds, those resolution in texture preference is for real in highly matured culture like Japanese cuisine. It's almost like the endless arms race of megapixels in digital cameras. And as you can clearly see, the grade is completely skewed toward hard noodles. Yes, it's true that hardcore ramen aficionados have the tendency to enjoy harder noodles.
But at Fukumimi, even ordering "very hard" specifically, brings disappointingly soft noodles.
I really hope they will address that particular issue, then I'll bump to five stars.
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