I usually only review places that ruined my night from a horrible experience or from awful food. This is the total opposite! I'm on vacation with my wife and decided to just have a "food court" type lunch at the local mall.
First and foremost, the shop looks amazing and smells even better. After reading a lengthy menu I asked the young lady for her recommendation. After explaining what I wanted in a dish, she recommended the Belly of the Beast dish, with udon as the noodle of choice.
Holy s**t! Not only was the flavor really really good, but it had a lot of flavors. Each ingredient shone like the main flavor, but blended and mixed well with all the other flavors. The broth was cooling from a boil so it was a good temperature, and a perfect level of "mild" spice for me. The plating was next level for a mall fast food shop. I am jaw dropped of how good it was and how beautiful it looked, especially since the young lady cooks everything from SCRATCH!!! It is very rare to leave a review without anything bad to say, but this was a perfect meal. Oh, was it expensive?! I dont remember or care. All I know is that whatever I paid, I under paid.
Belly of the Beast Default ingredients Tonkotsu broth, Spicy Korean Tare, half Ramen egg, chashu, Applewood bacon, pulled pork, woodear mushroom, spinach, kimchi, corn, seaweed, scallions, bonito, and I opted for the...
Read moreWent in for an early lunch time, ramen arrived at my table in like 5 min since only a bit of people was there. I ordered the seafood broth one with garlic oil, then later ordered iced Oolong Tea from table. Honestly, it's not an authentic Japanese ramen as I remember, but it was a perfect bowl of ramen. The broth, vegetables and noodle didn't have much salt and the soup held only a healthy amt of oil (while still being flavorful), in which was complimented by the oily and salty pork belly and soy sauce flavored egg. So basically you're trapped in the cycle of meat/ egg to veggies/ noodle/ broth then back to the meat/ egg. On top of that, the bitterness of the black garlic oil made everything million times better. Some shrimps were the best added bonus. I won't go into the Oolong tea but I think we all know how they feel on our brain during the ramen time. One more thing, the employee was very helpful and cool with everything. Nice person. Overall, if you like ramen, give this place a shot. You...
Read moreWent there for my friends birthday, food was DELICIOUS. We are part of the loyalty program so we got $5 which was pretty nice. We ordered two different crepes which include the royale and crème brûlée, they filled me so quick but I had to also order belly of the beast. The meat is cooked so efficiently and the perfect tenderness and chewiness but also a little crunchy. The service was outstanding, the employees went out of their way to make sure the food was perfect for each individual person and they also acknowledged our presence. The boba and fruit drinks is like no other, they use real natural ingredients instead of powder (I asked). Highly recommended this place and also recommended you sit in the back tables as the vibe and ambience...
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