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| - I can say that the authenticity of the food here is top-notch. By 'food', I refer to all the seafood here. I am not sure I can testify the same level of authenticity for the ramen. I was tipsy when I walked in, so my immediate choice was a bowl of hot soup and noodles (among the best hangover foods). That meant either the udon or the ramen. I opted for the latter. For ramen, there are only two options: miso or shoyu. The shoyu was as hot as I wanted. Great! The vegetables were there. Great! The soup of good. Great! What was wrong then? Well, they did not give me enough noodles! Just for the record, I've been to a crazy amount of ramen shops in the Greater Vancouver region and Montreal, but this...this...was unacceptable. I felt like I was robbed a third of my money. Plus, the appearance of the soup did not look like the shoyu ramen at Misoya (a Japanese ramen restaurant on Rue Bishop that has sister restaurants in Tokyo).
Oyster was good, though I was only able to taste it for exactly a second (I ordered just one). $3 for each oyster. However, I had to question whether the lemon slice that came with it was fresh.
I appreciated how the waitress asked whether we wanted tea or cold water right when we were seating ourselves. I replied "tea." I loved how she made sure our teapot was always full. Tea, I feel, never disappoints me at any Asian restaurant. We weren't charged for the tea either! Yay!
The atmosphere was nice. If I had to summarize it in one word, it was cozy! Definitely felt like a mom and pop store. The floors were carpeted and the lighting had the same sort of tinge and brightness seen in some small kitchens of family homes. The chairs and sofas weren't the really fancy ones, but were comfortable. And comfort is what matters the most!
I give it 3 stars mainly for small portions relative to the prices, not just for my ramen but for my friend's expensive plate of assorted sashimi (sashimimori), and the feeling that the lemon wasn't fresh.
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