Misoya has gotten some rave reviews recently of the "Finally!," "Montreal's best ramen!," and "Japanese ramen chains do it better!" variety. And, don't get me wrong, I'm okay with the idea of ramen from a chain restaurant. A couple of the very best ramens I ever had were courtesy of established Japanese ramen chains with global reach. But this ain't one of them. True ramen ought to be a work of art and it ought to drive you cra-zee. Here, the broth was uninspired, the pork belly was chewy and not at all buttery, the fixings were on the skimpy side (what? you have to pay extra for nori?), and the extra egg was nicely cooked but was oddly lacking in flavour. Nothing we had was bad, but nothing was outstanding, either. Too bad. I could always use another ramen joint.