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| - Passed by this spot this past weekend with my bf to see that the line wasn't extremely long... but after about 5mins of lining up, the line greatly grew for a Sunday after 1pm. For a ramen spot that has a lot of hype buzzing, as Konjiki is a Michelin recommended restaurant - my bf and I had high expectations.
This ramen spot is also conjoined with a cafe at the store front called "Saryo", which offers a variety of drinks such as lattes and floats, desserts such as cakes, as well as soft serve (matcha and houjicha)! While waiting to be seated, I decided to try out the houjicha soft serve as it intrigued me the most. It was super delicious and rich in its roasted tea flavor... but I was crushed to not get a full cone serving for paying $6+. I realized that it was just my luck in getting a server that didn't know how to properly twirl a cone because this other server that served the person after me was a pro at twirling a good portion! Will have to come back to the cafe as the houjicha soft serve was amazing and some of their cakes looked drool worthy!
The hostesses guided us to our seats once seating was finally available after waiting for about 20mins, everyone on the kitchen line that was serving the ramen greeted us upon sitting down (similar as when going to an Izakaya). The signature clam broth ramen (Shoyu) was the one recommended to try, so that's what my bf went for as I tried the black tonkatsu. Both soup bases were flavorful but wasn't as piping hot as ramen should be. We both were also disappointed that a soft boiled egg isn't included with the ramen and is something we had to order separately.
Aside from getting ramen, we had also ordered gyoza and karaange - but was let down as our order never came. Our server did apologize as well as the manager. Even though the experience wasn't the greatest, my bf and I know that things were probably hectic that day being that it was a cold snowy Sunday, it's still their soft opening and they were packed - we'll give them the benifit of the doubt that they were having a bad day.
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