"1"^^ . "4"^^ . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . . . "Came here based on a good recommendation and the girlfriend found this place as a new restaurant along 17th Ave. It's located across from Elliston Park used to be a pretty good Vietnamese restaurant which relocated last year.\n\nWe ordered the Hojicha which is toasted green tea and it came in a really cool teapot. Tasted OK, nothing special. It was a very light since we only ordered one to share on a chilly day. We got the Black Garlic Pork ramen with Shoyu broth and the Black Garlic Chicken ramen with Shio broth in a combo with Chicken karaage and Chasu don. \n\nThe fried chicken was alright, I appreciate that it was evidently homemade. But our city has pretty damn good fried chicken nowadays and this place can't really stand up to those other places. The Chasu don was pretty good value especially if you like to eat a ton. It came with alot of Chasu and rice, we really liked mixing the spicy mayo that came with the fried chicken into our rice bowl.\n\nWe came here to try their ramen and it definitely delivered. The broth by itself had very good and clean pork/chicken flavors. We actually regret getting the black garlic since it overwhelmed the natural flavor of the broth. The girlfriend usually finds ramen broth to be salty (I love my sodium) and this place was no exception, but if you ask them they will add additional unsalted broth for you. Their toppings and noodles were nothing amazing, but the broth really stood out and they have a choice between thick and thin ramen noodles.\n\nSince we were both stuffed, we ordered the parfait to share. It was pretty good and came with two scoops of matcha ice cream, topped with red beans, matcha powder and mochi balls. \n\nCan't wait to come back and try the special ramen and their gyoza. But most likely will end up getting their basic shio/shoyu ramen since you can really taste the meat flavor in their broth."^^ . . "2018-02-17T00:00:00"^^ .