Kaliubon Ramen & Poke (Wethersfield) — Restaurant in Wethersfield

Cant give zero stars.. Wich i would... Anyways heres the story.. Walked in today for a quick lunch with the wife.. Was seated immediately and the hostess had a great smile.. Gave us the menus.. Place looked great.. Nice little bar.. Somewere i would def bring my friends to get a beer.. The place was packed and everyone seemed happy and were saying how good the food tasted. We looked at the menus 2 minutes or sodecided what we wanted and out them down.. About 5 more minutes go by and alot of people were leaving after enjoying there meals.. I start looking around seeing if soneone is gonna come by and maybe fill our water glasses atleast and nothing.. 5 more minutes go by and me and my wife start playing with out phones as well no one seens to come get us even a water.. At this point another group enters the restaurant and is seated promptly same as we were.. This group got there glasses of water filled within 20 seconds of entering.. And were still just sitting there.. The couple next to us also wonder why we havent been attended while they are enjoying there meal.. 5 more minites goes by and the group that entered just a few min ago are not only enjoying a fine glass of water. But they are putting in there lunch order.. Also another group walks in and are getting attended.. Me and my wife look at each other and decide to leave.. The couple next to us apologized as we stud up and put our jackets on.. I just wanted a quick bite before work with my wife.. She has a cold and wanted a soup... Great reviews but really... Problably never going back and will just stick to fuyija ramen...

So I have been waiting on this place to open for a while and finally went on Saturday. The wait staff was very attentive and explained everything. Now I have had ramen before so I wasn't expecting anything out of the ordinary. 1st glance of the menu and I said it's a bit pricey. I was there so I had to commit. I glanced it and it had a decent scattering of menu items. I went for the Kaliubon Ramen since it was there namesake's specialty. Let's just say wow... I switched out the ground pork for the chasu pork and it was very flavorful. While it says it's spicy I thought it was minimal at best.(side note I could probably eat lava so my judgement on what's too spicy is way off) The noodles had a great feel to them. They tasted fresh. I was told I was correct by the waiter. The noodles are made on location which most places locally do not. The star of the dish was the broth. It had a familiar flavor that eluded me for a few. That flavor was riding the waves in between the peanuts and other ingredients. After paying off the waiter (just kidding) he informed me that the broth was crafted using seafood and I believe he said chicken as the base. There was an umami overload of flavor as I devoured the last drop of broth. All of this was accompanied by the Lychee Lemonade Martini like drink. (By the way I'm owed some fresh lychee sice there wasn't any available) I felt it could use a bit more lychee flavor. With that being the only issue I was impressed. They are in there soft opening phase for most of this week working...

A must visit destination for noodlers! Kaliubon delivers on all fronts... this location is a funky location-wise and the decor inside of this outpost reminds me of modern noodle houses you see poppin up....

Once seated youre given a eye pleasing menu w/a nice layout being straightforward and descriptive. Soooo many intriguing options I was almost certain I would need multiple trips to really make a fair assessment .

Ordered a melon boba cuz you have to do it for the gram every now and then and the color just popped. Not to mention it was refreshing and delicious. I'm a fan of brown sugar boabz but I dig honey ones more.

For apps I got the Goma Q (cukes in a creamy sesame dressin w/crushed peanut) and pork belly boas. Both were outstanding, the goma had fresh cucumber playin off the peanuty almost satay like sauce w this lil punch from the chili flake it just worked and the pork belly was so damn tender n juicy smacc'n w/a ton of flavor w/o getting lost

Then for my entree I went w/the coconut curry adding aged tofu as my protein. Absolutely incredible as originally I was a bit hesitant to go that route since I always find the coconut overpowering. In this broth it was friggin prefect! All the notes from the fragrant curry spices played off that richness and if you add the sirracha you get that addictive sweetness in the back end. I could eat that for days.

PS ....if you read this far you're a Rockstar and if you're torn between locations come to this one. It's slightly better...