Came here looking to cure a hangover with some rich, salty ramen and Katsuo didnât disappoint! We were a group of three and shared the chicken karaage and pork gyozas the start. The chicken came in bite sized boneless pieces and were incredibly tender and juicy on the inside but light and crispy on the outside. The gyoza skin had a nice, light texture with a nice crisp from the pan, and the filling was well flavoured.
I ordered the shoyu ramen while my friends both ordered the miso ramen. The shoyu broth was light and well balanced, though I wish it was a bit saltier (probably due to my hungover state). I will have to order the miso ramen next time as it looked much richer and fattier. The bowl came with a very generous helping of noodles, which were perfectly cooked with great texture. The highlight of the bowl though was the chashu pork which was melt-in-your-mouth tender and bursting with flavour.
All in all I was very impressed by our meal at Katsuo. Coming from Vancouver where we have arguably some of the best Japanese food outside of Japan, Iâve been on a constant hunt for authentic ramen and Katsuo did not disappoint. I will certainly be back to give the miso ramen a try and their...
   Read morećæăăŻçŸćłăăăă©ăă©ăŒăĄăłăŻäžćłăăŁăă éł„ăźćæăăŻăăăăăŁăăă©ăăĄăă„ăŒéăăéł„ăźćæăăéĄăăăŸăăăŁăŠèšăŁăăăéł„ăšè±è ă©ăĄăăèŻăă§ăăïŒăăŁăŠèăăăŠăăăăæȘ怹ăźć§ăŸăă ăŁăăăă€ăŹă§2ćčăźGă«ćșăăăăăć€ć毿ćžăăĄă€ăłăźăŹăčăă©ăłăȘăă ăšæăă Como una japonesa no puedo poner tantas estrellas como ponen los otros⊠Seguramente esta restaurante es especialista en sushi pero el dĂa que fuimos como tenĂamos gana de comer ramen, pedimos ramen. Yo pedĂ shoyu ramen que es de sabor soja y mis amigas pidieron la de miso. AdemĂĄs pedimos tori karaague que es pollo frito. Al momento de pedir, me sorprendĂ un poco por la chica que nos atendiĂł. No es que se portĂł mal pero es que dije â un tori(pollo) karaague por favorâ. HabĂa solo dos tipos de karaague, de pollo y de tofu. Luego la chica me dijo â quieres el de tofu o el de polloâ entonces me quedĂ© pensando un poco⊠(đâesta chica a pesar de que trabaja en un restaurante japonĂ©s, no sabe ni quĂ© significa Tori(pollo)?! Pero dije tori karaague y en el menĂș tambiĂ©n lo dice tal cual!â ) y ya comencĂ© un poco de sospecharâŠ
LlegĂł la comida y el tori karaague estuvo sĂșper bien, perfecto. El problema es el ramen. Como mencionĂ© ante creo que este restaurante se enfoca mĂĄs al sushi. Mi ramen a pesar de que es de soja parecĂa que hayan agregado mirin(un tipo de sake dulce para cocina) o azĂșcar. Osea me pareciĂł muy dulce y grasoso. QuizĂĄ se le acabaron la soja japonesa y utilizaron la soja de mercadona que tiene sĂșper diferentes sabor con la soja japonesa.
Y a mis amigas que pidiĂł lo del miso⊠le tocaron pasado de sal. Aunque a mĂ me parecĂa mejor que la mĂa pero a ellas le parecieron mejor la mĂa. Al final no pudimos seguir comiendo y pedimos caldo para agregar lĂquido a la sopa para sentir menos sal.
Para ramen ya no irĂa aquĂ pero para karaague quizĂĄ si.
Ăltima cosa, no me gustĂł ver cucarachas en el baño⊠como tengo ortodoncia tenĂa que entrar barias veces para quitar y lavar y ponĂ©rmelas. Ante de salir del restaurante entre por la Ășltima vez y aparecieron dos pequeñas que transvasaban del paled a paled del baño y me daba super miedo y salĂ corriendo.
Como una japonesa, el ramen y la chica me diĂł un shock⊠esto no puedo llamarle ramen⊠sentĂa como que quizo intentar de copiar pero no llegĂł a copiarlo perfectamente. Pero Karaague...
   Read moreEveryday since we visited Barcelona we ate tapas and seafood so we needed some comfort food. I ate miso ramen with fried tofu, chicken Karaage and hot sake and it was awesome. My husband ate syoyu ramen with cerdo and he really liked it. I thought the syoyu broth was a little sweet side than Iâm used to. We usually drink Canadian Japanese beer in US but this Sapporo beer was made in Ireland! We really liked the place. Almost forgot to mention that the karaage was the best that Iâve eaten including Japan. It was late night dinner so we only wanted noodles and chicken but the chef was really ready to make some sushi đŁ that his attire said so. Weâll try...
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