IPPUDO — Restaurant in Taichung

Even having Hakata ramen in Fukuoka, Japan last week, we still prefer the taste of tonkatsu ramen at Ippudo much better. Located inside the Taichung bus station at the far end, we got seated right away on a Tuesday at 12pm. Ordering is through a QR code and you pay right after at the counter. Apple Pay didn’t work for us for some reason. I ordered a ramen with added burdock strings and gyoza. The table comes with complimentary, spicy bean spouts. The food came out within 7 minutes despite the restaurant was almost completely full. You also have the option of choosing your noodle texture. The broth was creamy, porky and flavorful. The best ramen I think. Highly...

I found it's difficult to made order even changed to English the detail below the menu app still in Chinese, I needed to use another cell for Google camera translate. The payment by credit card said payment was not successful. But when I pressed back. I already got the order number and citibank approved on my credit card application said already had this transaction. Anyhow, I had to asked staff to confirm the payment and got physical receipt. Luckily free Wi-Fi in HRS was very stable. All the dishes were...

A convenient location right next to the high-speed rail. Unfortunately, perhaps because it's getting close to closing time, the service was not great as the server forgot to bring drinks ordered from the menu.

The QR code ordering process was a bit annoying as well. The English menu lacked the description of different broth any ingredients as of 3/20/2025.

Overall, this is not the typical ippudo experience that you would come to expect from Japan or...