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| - Toronto's ramen craze blew me over to Santouka one Saturday evening. Like other ramen joints, yes, there is a wait and yes, the venue is tiny. Not the tiniest of them all, but still small enough to create massive line ups.
After a 30 min wait, our party of 4 was seated at the bar. Pretty cool - we get to watch them make our food! I ordered the Toroniku Ramen (pork cheek). All the toppings came separately which was good, because then you could heat them with your soup whenever you're ready to munch on those badasses. I'm not sure if they expected us to eat all the toppings, but they gave me a LOT of green onions. I like green onions so that was alright with me! Anyways, the pork cheek was incredibly soft and I recommend this to everyone who comes here. They give you quite a few pieces too, so that's a plus! Everything else was kinda meh. Thumbs down for not having complimentary soft boiled eggs :(
We also got the 10 pc gyoza to share. They were good, but they were tiny. 10 was not enough for the 4 of us.
I must mention - this place is relatively expensive. I believe I walked out with $20 less in my pocket. That's pretty expensive for ramen and a shared plate of gyoza. Well, I had my shot at pork cheek so the experience was satisfactory for me. I don't know if I'll come back because everything else other than the pork cheek was just ok. Maybe when the price is less steep!
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