Rural Ramen Bar — Restaurant in San Francisco

I have never seen enoki mushroom tempura anywhere else. I love enoki mushroom 🍄 so much so that deserves ⭐ we went a Tuesday lunch time, btw they closes at 2:30 once, there was no customers besides us. I think the location is a bit of enemy to this ramen place. yes, that hill. from the financial district,cues, that hill. this place isn't huge place but good space between booth and tables. I wasn't sure if this is Asian owner or Japanese owner. I gotta tell you this is really important. if you are a ramen lover, you know what I mean 🍜 enoki mushroom tempura .... yeah, it is like facehugger from alien movie. I ordered shoyu ramen. omg I've been plenty ramen places but besides one I know of, ramen noodle is straight type, not curly one you usually see ramen noodles. I believe it's called "chu-ka soba" more Chinese traditional type and nama type which isn't frozen dry type. soup isn't a strong point. maybe less tasty? but it was okay. if soup is a bit more hot, it could get 5 ⭐ I don't know why renge, soup spoon, is metal like a dental equipment but star ⭐⭐⭐⭐ total. putting an extra napkin without asking at ramen place is what I judge the most places like a ramen bar, some alcohol served,...

I had a pretty bad experience sometime ago, when I dined at this restaurant. Had ordered the Veg Ramen and the Japanese curry After I had eaten a little bit of the ramen, I noticed a bug in the ramen and brought it to the server's attention. He first tried to brush it off, and later just mentioned that it may be from the veggies they got. I wasn't going to eat the rest of the ramen after this. I expected he would waive off the price of the ramen. Any other restaurant, where I had such a situation i.e. finding foreign objects (bugs, hair, plastic, metal) in the dish, has always waived off the dish. Instead , he 1st insisted that he would just give me a partial discount since I had already eaten some of it. When I kept insisting, that the ramen should be waived off , he made a RACIST comment, trying to suggest how he sees Indian people do this often i.e. make up problems with the food to get free food. So the staff of this restaurant does not bother to clean the ingredients before cooking them and then tries to blame to customers about it. Not sure if the server even works there anymore. But not going to visit this restaurant after such...

I want to start with two caveats. First is that I am a ramen snob. When I rate ramen restaurants, I'm comparing them to the best ramen I've had. And I've had a lot. The second is that this is not bad ramen. If you are in the area and you're looking for ramen, this will hit the spot, especially on a cool day.

That said, reading the reviews of the tonkotsu ramen, I can't help but conclude that the quality has declined over the years. The pork truly is delicious and was the most outstanding part of the ramen.

The broth was too thin and a bit bland. A good tonkotsu broth should have a rich mouth feel from the collagen from the simmering bones. This broth was more like a standard soup broth. It had a creamy appearance, but the texture and flavor weren't there.

The noodles were also just fine They were a touch overcooked; they had no chew to them. And because the broth was thin, the noodles tasted bland because they didn't get that thin coating of broth that I look for.

So all in all, I was happy with my experience because I was in the area on a cool day and was in the mood for ramen. But this is definitely not a place I would come out...