Akedo Showten Ramen+Gyoza

Akedo Showten Ramen+Gyoza is in a little strip mall in Langley. Plenty of parking. Back to eating inside (for now!) but with the plastic guards. Ordered the Ajitama Ramen, one with 'black' flavour, the other 'white'. Older menu pics don't show 'red', a new option, which is miso. With Gyoza in the name and promoted on the menu, we had to try them. We choose 'yaki' (fried). The gyoza came first. They looked nice and had good flavour (just a tad salty for my taste). The only thing I will say is there were small. For $1 a piece I would want some bulk added (eg chopped cabbage) for me to buy them again. I was really surprised at the size. The ramen was amazing. The chicken cha-shu was a nice alternative to the usual pork. I liked the black (soy based) and the white (salt based) equally. The white stock had great flavour with the added mussels. Take care for anyone with fish/shellfish allergies. The egg had that perfect custardy yolk. The noodles were thin. They were just past el dente. I do not know if it is an option but if you like firmer noodles, ask if they can do that. The roasted garlic chips were a great free topping. *Just noticed the picture for EXTRA NOODLES on the menu shows brown (buckwheat?) and white. Maybe you can ask for different noodles? I would expect the 'NORI (SEAWEED)' listed under 'TOPPINGS' is usually a mound of the long think pieces. Now when we got the ramen, the black had a sheet of nori while the white did not. I am guessing that is either for the staff to know easily which stock is which or maybe if the cost of the white stock is higher with the seafood. We thought maybe they forgot the nori sheet but after I watched some other bowls served I saw the same. Is nori that much more of an added cost? C'mon, slip me some nori! To be fair, nori is not on any pictures of the menu and Japanese restaurants are pretty faithful to that. So maybe we got a bonus?! Anyway, delicious ramen that I will return for, and I will get my own bowls of black and red in the future. Daniel