Moshi Ramen Bar — Restaurant in Tacoma

After hearing stories of this placing finally bringing a formidable ramen experience to Tacoma, I decided to spend an evening's meal here. The service was impeccable, very attentive and passably knowledgeable.

I ordered the gulf prawn from the skewer menu and tonkotsu ramen. Beautiful juicy with a touch of crisp on the outside, the gulf prawn immediately became a staple for me as I revisit this place. A small dollop of dipping sauce with the prawn added sweetness, but I would have rather gotten a lemon wedge to combat the cilantro. My personal tastes aside, beautiful dish with exceptional technique and flavoring. Definitely recommend this one.

Unfortunately, the ramen, my reason for being here, was a bit lackluster. Granted some of this stems from all the hype/preconceived notions. Regardless, it wasn't spectacular. The men (noodle) consistency was definitely a grade above most other places I've been to. I ordered the tonkotsu ramen (a good control to use, as this should be on the menu of any ramen place in America), and subbed 'tofu' for the wild mushroom.

My main critique for this dish would be scaling back the portion sizing of bamboo (more bamboo than noodles, arguably more bamboo than broth). It was cumbersome wading through all the excess bamboo after I'd had my fill of it in order to find the other ingredients.

I think the flavoring of the pork was a bit of a miss (it seems to be lacking mirin and sake), but the actual cooking of it was superb. Incredibly soft, breaks apart with lip pressure, but doesn't disintegrate when you go to pick it up.

The ajitsuke egg was mediocre, it doesn't seem that any of the aji actually tsuita. Nonetheless, a masterfully crafted soft boil.

Lastly, the tofu. Questionably tofu. I got a hard fried brick of sweet/nutty flavorings that deconstructed the flavor profile of the ramen. Of course, this is mostly due to my own negligence of making a substitution, however, I don't see where this specific flavoring would fit in any style of ramen. Possibly as a palette cleanse after some chanpon ramen. I don't mean to sound so critical, but the tofu lost an entire star on it's own.

All in all, a mad decent establishment. Excellent atmosphere, great staff, and splendiferous cooking technique. I'm sure I'll come back to edit this review once I've had the chance of exploring more of their ramen options. I'll just be certain to steer clear of the bamboo and tofu, albeit being two of my most favorite...

Was in the neighbourhood and thought we try this restaurant. Told my daughter to go over there and get us a table for four. Kind of funny as my daughter said that she was greeted with a “Konnichiwa”. She is Asian, but not Japanese. She said there was an awkward moment as the person who greeted her kind of realized what he did in a “after the fact” moment. Oh well.

I would like to give this place 3.5 stars overall. The food was good but definitely have had better. Started with the bao with the impossible burger. Very tasty as the sauce had a little tang to it. Also had the teriyaki wings and japanese fried chicken (JFC). Both were tasty and served over a bed of shredded cabbage. The JFC was accompanied with a japanese mayonnaise. The only complaint is that the JFC came out the same time as our entrees. The server apologized for this, which was cool.

For the entree, I had the tonkotsu ramen. I thought it was good but have had better. I found the broth to have a bitter taste at the end, which I have had in other restaurants. Not sure what it is as I have had some very tasteful broths in other restaurants. The noodles were thin but had very good chew. The ramen also came with shredded fungus, bamboo shoots, marinated egg, green onion and pork (chaisu). The pork was tender and the rest nicely complimented the dish.

My wife had the tan tan noodles. This was a disappointment. The broth was spicy hot and did not have any sesame flavour. Not sure if they forgot to add any sesame oil or if this is how they interpret tan tan noodles. My wife did finish her entree but I would have sent it back.

My daughter had the boiling dumplings. Looks like they give a good amount of dumplings. There was a red sauce spread on top of the dish but my daughter said it was not spicy. She said it tasted fine but gave no indication on how it tasted. She also mentioned that maybe we should have went to Indo Asian Eatery next door, which may give some sense on how her meal went.

Overall I thought the food was good. Service was good as well. Our server was pleasant and we did not have to wait long for our food. Just had the JFC come when our entree arrived, but again,...

I am amazed by the suspicion quantity of 5 star reviews. Cute place with lots of traditional Japanese food, and the staff were friendly ... but the “japanese ramen” was just not good: the noodles were undercooked, the enoki mushrooms were raw. And there was raw baby bok choy (or some similiar chinese veggy) on it... Not japanese and not cooked. I like veggies, im not a purest, id be ok with a chinese veggie, just not raw on top of bowl of undercooked ramen in a odd tasting broth

The miso ramen was not an authentic miso ramen broth. It was just miso “soup” (ie miso paste and water) poured over the undercooked noodles. And the type of noodle in the shio ramen is the type that is supposed to be served with miso Ramen whilst the type of noodle in the miso ramen is the noodle that is typically supposed to be served in shio Ramen. . That switch is not criminal or that big of a deal even to my Japaese wife and kids, but the “al dente” noodles and just plain raw veggies, in odd weak, bases... Annie Chung instant or ANY instant flavor packet would have been far better than this...

The fried chicken was tasty. A little tough.

Great place to go for the atmosphere, right down to cartoons and hiragana-katakana, the pachinko machine at the front door, and large selection of typical Japanese alcohol. And its sister restaurant next store of fusion asian is supposed to be ok too. However if you’re going for Japanese style Ramen and you have any sense of what Japanese Ramen taste like and/or are expecting that, do not go here. Especialy when there is Kizuki ramen-a tried and true Japanese chain, and Fujiya, a japanese tasting standard ramen made by and for Japanese taste buds not too far away. Failing that, any Instant japanese style ramen would still be more tasty, as well as more authentic...