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Update 08/2025: the restaurant had been sold to New ownership since last year. New chef and New management.
The previous chef is no longer with the restaurant. So there are changes in taste and service.
The 5 stars review is for prior the new ownership.
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This one is the better or the best Ramen bar in Sugarland area,
Just a reminder, this is a Ramen restaurant, so please try to order the Ramen, yes - the Ramen to appreciate their food, which is what they do best.
As you know, the most important ingredient in the Ramen is in the Broth. Especially Tonkotsu. One of the hardest Japanese broth to cook it right. It takes a lot of time and patience to boil the bone and other spices.
To test if they make it right, you need to try the plain regular Tonkotsu broth ( without any soy or other chilly souces) Naka appears to have it realy good one. Not the best that I've tried in Houston area, but the best one in Sugarland area. So, instead of driving a cross town to find a good Ramen bar, this one is quite excellent in Sugarland area.
The Naka broth is about right, and is not from powder, like most other places, which are way too salty, and too watery.
If I may suggest to the cook [ if you read this], try to make the broth a bit thicker please ( richer, longer boiling the bone until melt the marrow completely). Make it like the famous Tokyo style Tonkotsu. ( I lived in Saitama for few years, so... yea I know the taste).
Naka Tonkotsu broth taste like more authentic bone broth. But in the lighter side, more like shoyu but with rich pork flavors.
Real good tonkotsu broth starts from the real pork bones. The pigs are already well marinated from the farm.😄
Absolutely NO need for extra Salt and MSG!
Other ramen restaurants around Houston are are just way toooo salty, and you can literally taste the heavy MSG in it.
Sometimes I wonder, do the chefs really taste it before selling it? 🤦♂️Or just because American customer already get used to super salty food like the fast food?
The Noodles are the right noodles for tonkotsu, a lot of ramen places use wrong noodles for Japanese soup style, obviously for economic purpose. Most of them use Fried ( chinese) noodles types. Japanese culinary is very peculiar about their ingredients ( their culture).
The Chasu is good as it gets. Since most places don't make it themselves, for business purposes. They just need to pick the best suppliers for their chasu.
The Ajitama egg is perfect
The service is excellent, the only one waiter is Lily, she is very nice and funny ( please give her a raise, 😄) and the Ramen chef is Yihe Chen, he is a great cook who worked in a restaurant in Japan before he works at Naka now.
Very clean and not congested place. They play Japanese song too🙂
I'm glad that I've found a really good ramen place near my home. And I have my special same table where I sit most of the time..🙂