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| - This restaurant just opened yesterday! It is a small restaurant (I would say ~25 seats included the bar) and they have 8 selections of ramen on their menu (they also have rice, appetizers, dessert, beers, etc. But my friend and I didn't get anything else). I would like to try their karaage next time (when I'm not sick)!
I got their tonkotsu ramen; I like their thin noodles which reminds me of those at Ippudo (one of my favorite ramen restaurants)! I wish my noodles were more under-cooked since towards the end, I find that my noodles were too soft (I like it chewier and firmer). It would be great if we can pick the texture (firmness and softness of our noodles).
Their soft-boiled egg was too cooked (the york wasn't even partially liquid but the egg white part was really soft and tender). Their chashu (BBQ pork) was soooo tender that it really melts in your mouth (the piece was quite thick). This compensates for the over-cooked soft-boiled egg!
My soup had a little bit of chicken flavor, which was a bit weird since I ordered the tonkotsu ramen. I think they might have mixed the pork and chicken broth together. The soup was also not thick/rich enough.. But then, the good thing about this fact is, the broth is not too salty! I'm more used to ramen from Asia (Ippudo, Ichiran, Butao, Tonchin, etc.) So I find that my tonkotsu is lacking flavour, but be assured that I'm not a fan of salty ramen. I think saltiness and flavor is too different things.
I would give this a 3.5/5. The service was really fast, we didn't wait a long time before receiving our ramen! I think the noodles are home-made since they have this big noodle-making-machine in front of the restaurant.
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