Haven't gone back after one traumatizing incident & it's simply too far from where I live. Just hope they don't use melamine anymore. I prefer Japanese pottery. It's not too much to ask for. It IS a ramen house, right? Might as well maintain SOME level of authenticity. Once (many years ago), a fairly high-profile infomercial personality was sitting across from me (a handsome young fellow who advertised Dr. Ho's massagers along with a pretty personal trainer-esque Asian lady. Both had perfect unaccented English unlike Dr. Ho & beautifully toned bodies. I enjoyed those infomercials a lot. They were quite entertaining). ANYWAY, there was an apparent hairline crack on this fellow's melamine teacup. I could see it from a couple meters away having sat two tables away from him & his friends. 3-4 light sources were hitting the right spot, emphasizing it. Before I had the chance to point it out, the server poured hot tea into that cup & it instantly split in half & scalded the poor guy's lap with hot tea. I still feel somewhat guilty & horrible for him to this day. Anyway, the food was so MSG- & salt-laced, I was always driven to drink a full litre of water or pop afterwards. Also, since they didn't use genuine heat-retaining pottery nor presented my order in the original vessel the ramen & broth were simmering in (having the penchant for cheap durable melamine instead) everything cooled so quickly I always felt compelled to speed-eat-- which did "wonders" for my digestion (quotation marks indicate sarcasm 'cuz I don't know how to use italics here).