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| - If you have ever attended a themed Maid/Cosplay cafe in Japan or otherwise, half the time the food isn't really up to the typical standard of a regular teriyaki or noodle house. They oftentimes are there for the simple notion of enjoying a themed meal with cute servers and entertaining atmosphere.
Thankfully, when I stopped by Anime Ramen &Teriyaki Cafe a few days ago, I had an overall pleasant experience thanks in part to a clean establishment with chirpy, "genki"-esque girls, and pretty decent food.
The angle here of course is Anime. Giant prints hang on the walls from anime "Japanese Animation" work such as Kenshin, Naruto, Bleach, and other popular titles. Thank God I'm in my twenties and not in my teens because if I was in my teens I would have lost my mind and been here all. the. time.
I tried the teriyaki sliders, the pork based noodle bowl, and iced tea, which was an original mix of theirs. The tea was pretty decent, the sliders were excellent, nicely presented, and the pork bowl was flavourful, with good chunks of meat with Udon noodles (Which was presented as a choice.) The sliders were definitely the best feature of my meal. I'm a Pho kind of guy and I prefer Pho over Ramen as it's more flavourful and healthier (depending on the venue as far as salt is concerned.)
I wanted boba tea but they were out of boba so that was a no-go. Apparently they also have a liquor license on the way so we'll see how that goes over.
Service was a litle scattered but otherwise very pleasant. The servers are adorable girls in wigs who greet and see you out with the typical Japanese phrases, (although ordering in Japanese doesn't work, so don't try to show off your skills if you hanasemasu Nihongo.) They managed to talk me into trying the Honey Toast, (which after, despite my love for Ichiza, I have tried and disliked due to how overly sweet and how you can only enjoy 1/3 of the actual toast), which was really good! Think of it as Honey French Toast, every bit is edible and it's less to deal with.
So, that said: I was quite pleased with Anime & Ramen Cafe but there is room for improvement being that the business is all of three weeks old:
-I would like to see a better pacing to my meal i.e. if I order appetizer and meal, I'd like the appetizer to arrive prior to my actual meal.
-My water refills were a little slow and I had all three waitresses, minutes within each other attempt talk me into dessert, even after the first waitress talked me into it.
-A football game on the monitor? Seriously? People come here to get their geek on, don't put on anything else but programs pertaining to this scene.
Cute place, decent food, friendly service. Go get your anime fan on.
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