Danya G.
Yelp
Dined in on Sunday around noon. It wasn't busy. There were many available spaces in the parking lot. There is a separate (from the restaurant) tea bar as soon as you enter where you can order drinks and small bites to go. To the right, behind a large red lantern, is the host counter and iPad for waitlist check-in. We did not have to check in digitally since there was no wait for a table, except for when they cleaned and prepared our table in the honeycomb. We had the bottom right table. It is spacious inside the restaurant and beautifully decorated.
The menu is extensive. I ordered the Ying Yang bowl with no corn. It was really delicious, and I enjoyed both soups. There were a lot of noodles. The serving portion is smaller than in other places. It seems like there are a lot of noodles to account for volume when the soup is poured. They don't give a lot of broth (even for the other ramen), and it's an additional $6 or $7 if you want extra broth. The miso ramen was good with the tempura. I didn't finish my tonkotsu shouyu soup (it wasn't too spicy, it was perfectly mild) because I was getting full. My second piece of chashu pork was a lot more fatty than my first one.
Prices are above average, leaning more towards premium. Our servers were kind and provided excellent service. When the food arrived, we asked if we could turn one of the ramen orders into a combo, and they said, absolutely no problem.
They have some kind of "Slurp & Win" thing for the ramen items. At the bottom of each bowl, there is a message. My dad won a free dessert for our next visit, which expires at the end of the month (or three weeks). My brother's message was something like, maybe next time (won nothing). I'm not sure if mine said anything because there's a built-in divider in the Ying Yang Bowl.
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For dessert, I ordered the Japanese Cherry Blossom Jelly. On the menu picture, it's very pink, but in person, it was clear. It was more of a firm jelly, which was a bit challenging to eat with the plastic spoon. There was also a syrup which tasted like lychee. Overall, it was pretty good.
What We Ordered:
- Ying Yang Bowl
- #1. Tokyo Tonkotsu Shouyu
- #7B. Tonkatsu Curry Ramen
- Combo - 1 Ramen with a side of Steamed Chicken Bao Bun + Thai Tea
- Yakitori Platter (5 Skewers)
- Matcha Tiramisu
- Japanese Cherry Blossom Jelly