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| - Fellow Yelpers' opinion on this place has been divided. Having waited long enough, it was my turn to try their Tonkotsu ramen for authenticity.
The presentation of the ramen was great and clearly showed effort - slices of fatty roast pork, onsen egg, black ear mushrooms, menma, ginger, sesame and scallions. The soup also had the right color and consistency. With all the visual elements of the ramen done right, you would expect a strong, almost creamy tonkotsu broth bursting with flavour to complete the picture of the "pefect" tonkotsu ramen. I took a sip of the broth with huge anticipation, but what a let down... the soup lacked flavour/depth and was simply underwhelming. For the rest of the bowl, the noodles were bland, but the ingredients tasted ok.
I hate to say it as I had really high hopes walking in, but what a huge disappointment. Ippudo should consider opening a shop here in the Queen City and they will beat every single competition hands down in this desert town for Asian cuisine.
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