RAMENSHOP — Restaurant in Manchester

If you never tried ramen before I’d definitely recommend this place because it sets the bar high

I went to this restaurant the other day and man am I pleased with the quality and food. I enjoyed the flavours of the broth and how the noodles were in the best possible tenderness and softness in my personal liking. I had the shoyo ramen and boy did I live for the perfect delicacy and texture of the pork. It was very well made and tasted so fresh and appetising!

The atmosphere was pretty hipster and was really busy but I’m someone who likes atmospheres like that. It makes the vibe of the restaurant pretty authentic. I was personally pleased with the aesethics of the restaurant considering how it was small yet comfy and didn’t feel like them forced ‘posh’ restaurants that didn’t really match at all. The food, music and design completely matched and I was honestly pleased with it.

With the service I would say it’s top notch considering the staff is completely limited. The waiter was very friendly, helped out a lot and I actually didn’t feel judged at all when I asked for any sort of service from the waiter. I appreciated this since my biggest pet peeve is when it feels awkward, however I felt so comfortable in the restaurant

The drinks were top tier too because I’ve never tried Ramune soda but god did I enjoy it. The menu as a whole was limited but I appreciate and enjoy the fact that the price actually reflected the quality which is rare when it comes to Japanese restaurants and foods icl.

As I whole, I genuinely feel like this place was one of the best Japanese restaurants I ever tried! Through my observations I found it even more impressive how such a good restaurant managed to create such amazing work with such a small working team. If anything, I can definitely see this restaurant being so much more successful in the future. The only thing I would complain about is how I wish I found this place a lot sooner so I could brag about it to my friends. Keep up...

If only talking about food, the Ramen is tasty, it is a bit different from any other Ramen restaurants, I had the vegetarian Ramen, the soup base tastes nice and special, the firmness of the noodles was just right, it wasn’t too soft and soggy like some other Ramen restaurants, so I can really give a high rating for its food. However when you dine out, it is not just about food, there are some other factors you need to consider, for example the services provided. If talking about service, I would really give it a low rating. What happened was the restaurant claimed itself opens at 12pm for lunch on a Friday, so we got there at 12pm, it wasn’t opened, while we were waiting outside, a waiter suddenly put a written note on the window saying : open at 12:15pm, so it suddenly changed its opening time and we needed to wait for extra 15 mins outside in the heavy rain, ok we then just waited, at 12:10pm a delivery van was there delivered stuff to the restaurant, the waiter saw us still waiting outside in the miserable weather, he still told us it’s not opened yet he opened the door just for the delivery. Ok fine, so when it was 12:15pm they still didn’t open or told us to come inside despite we had been waiting for 20 mins in the heavy rain, so I was fed up and I just got in myself and telling them it passed 12:15 the opening time and it was raining heavily outside can I just come in, it wasn’t the kind service I would expect from any restaurant I would say. When the waiter was taking order and serving us food, he lacked smile and no friendly attitude, and the food there was a bit pricey provided the standard of service and also it was like a fast food restaurant, everyone just sat on a big bench without private space, and I think they expect you just eat and finish the food...

Tokyo Ramen In Manchester !

Ramen , what more in life can you ask for on a rainy Manchester day ? Noodles, soup, and an amazing garnish.

I am a big fan of ramen I mean I have a got a tattoo of a ramen on my arm after all

So today’s destination is Tokyo Ramen, after discovering them on twitter (another place retweeted them in my timeline) they quickly made it to my priority list of new place to start

We went on a thursday for lunch, arrived get greeted by one of the staff (very friendly man), wide open kitchen catch my eyes, the lovely staff show us our seats and handover the menu, quick glance around, it is a cosy place but my eyes and nose wonders back to the kitchen, the smells ! AMAZING !!! 2019 why haven’t we invented scratch and sniff you’d love it

So the menu, small menu, it’s about quality not quantity, they make 200 Litres of the ramen stock (chicken broth) per day and that is it. Offer you 3 ramens, 4 small plates and the drinks at the bottom

My friend went for the torched pork belly ramen ( Shoyu) £11.75, I chose the Koji fried chicken (Tantanmen) £11. 75 after I ask the waiter what koji is ( from what i understand it is a fungus that is used in fermenting soybeans )

The food arrived quickly and it look scrumptious, we dig in after I asked for a fork (yeah I know how uncivilized of us), the flavours are well balanced, the chicken broth is delightful and the noodles are astonishing! The koji chicken was so crisp yet super tender. No talking just eating, am I in heaven ? not sure but by the time I have finished I am in food coma, belly full, inside warm, happy me.

Tokyo Ramen will be one of my favorite place for 2019 can’t wait to go back Thank you for...