Don't get why people rave so much about the pork shoulder and the ramen but here was my disappointing experience at Kinton which i would liken to biting into a delicious looking red apple only to find it rotten and wormy.
My friend and I entered Kinton after a long and hard workout, we were starving and were looking forward to it as I had read the reviews and one of my close friends had also strongly reccomended it. We ordered the tonkotsu (classic) and the miso broth ramen with thick noodles and pork shoulder. I even ordered extra meat as my friend said the meat was "so good".
All this raving made it that when we got our ramen and tasted I wasn't even sure that we were eating at the same place that everyone was talking about! The broth tasted watered down, not even with broth but with literal water and the lard added to it made it unpleasant. It was not luxurious and smooth savory broth but sad, thin and pale very much like my gran.
The noodles kind of stuck together and lacked a chew, they were a bit soggy. Finally was the centrepiece of the meal, the pork shoulder. Everyone talks about how tender and delicious it was, those people have palates made out of lead. It was dry and burnt, period.
Overall a disappointing experience and I paid 20 dollars with tips for this bowl of sadness 1/5 stars for food + another because I really like the authentic look of the place and the friendly Japanese servers but if someone made me choose death by shooting or another bowl of Kinton I'd choose the bullet.