OISHI — Restaurant in Las Vegas

If you order the ramen here they will literally serve you instant ramen with zero embellishments but charge you the same as you would pay for authentic ramen with all the trimmings in New York City.

I have often eaten ramen in various restaurants. Real ramen involves house made or premium noodles, a hard boiled egg, quality cuts of meats, various pickled items, fresh vegetables and seaweed, and a house prepared broth. Typically this costs $10 - $16. Anyone who has ever eaten the type of instant ramen available at any grocery store for less than 50 cents will immediately recognize Oishi's ramen. It's clear they even used the powdered packet for the broth.

When the bill arrived I was very surprised indeed to see that I had been charged nearly $19, before tip, for instant ramen, a few pieces of taco meat, and a fried egg.

That they apparently think people won't realize what is going on here is the most amazing part. This is beyond a doubt the boldest scam I have ever experienced at any restaurant.

Maybe the other items are good, but I can definitely recommend avoiding the ramen...

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