The pork in the ramen I had had that unpleasant taste that alerts me that the meat is a little old and should not be served. In Chinese, I hear most people refer to it as having too much "pork" taste.
I could be being too severe as this is my first negative review (I usually only review when I am excited about a place)...but it was for a make-up Mother's Day meal that I had brought my Mom here for. And I get severely annoyed when the pork has this taste to it. I shudder when recalling it.
The soup definitely was artificial and had MSG (i.e. the tongue got a little numb afterwards), though the contents of the bowl were very neatly prepared and presented in that very nice orderly Japanese way. There is also a large variety of options to choose from in the menu, but I can't really comment too much as we only ordered the fried salmon belly to eat - which was a better food item to accompany the noodles with...than the yucky pork. Just because of the pork I am reluctant to return, but if a large group of friends takes me back I will try to find love.