Vincent B.
Yelp
My Ramen: Broth was supposed to be chicken, tasted like fish boiled in seawater. Chicken was overcooked and dry and smelled like old fish. Even the egg was overcooked, grey and tasted like nothing but soy sauce. The noodles were OK, but pretty much the same quality you can buy for 20 cents or less. For a $14 bowl of ramen with toppings I expect better than $2 microwave quality.
Her Ramen: Broth was supposed to be pork, tasted mostly like soy sauce, egg was shriveled and gray like it had been boiling in soy sauce for hours. Pork belly was OK and had some flavor but was also half the amount shown in pictures, only 2 small deli slices and not the 3 large ones that were shown on the menu.
Medium spicy? Was barely mild and is just a dash of pepper flakes on top before it's served to you, nothing cooked into the dish to actually develop flavors.
Ramen and toppings are all obviously premade and just sitting being kept warm for service and then assembled when ordered, nothing was served hot just warm. So when someone praises this for fast service: it's because none of it is fresh. They also think nothing of serving the ramen before the appetizers.
We also tried a few of the various appetizers, none of them were impressive.
The dumplings are obviously frozen and were reheated in dirty oil served with only soy sauce for dipping.
The crab rangoon was burnt on top and mushy on the bottom, like it had been overcooked and then left to sit too long, also an incorrect filling ratio with very little inside. The sweet and sour dipping sauce it was served with was oily like it had been blended with something flavorless to save money and stretch it, and it was mostly tasteless.
Tempura shrimp were about the only thing done correctly and somewhat fresh, but then served with a disappointing and flavorless orange dipping sauce that just tasted like mayonnaise mixed with a touch of catsup for color.
Dinner for 2 people at $30 for two bowls of ramen or nearly $50 with appetizers is very disappointing at these prices. If you want to eat frozen reheated food and cheap ramen noodles you can do that at home for a fraction of the price.
Even the people praising this for the decor and atmosphere, really? It's literally the same pictures on the wall as when it was Hibachi Grill, the same booths, the same chairs, the same tables, all they did was add some additional wooden walls to separate what was one big room into smaller rooms. It's a minimal remodel of the space with the exact same decorations that were always there. I suppose if you are highly impressed that the horse painting was moved from the back of the room to the front then you will be delighted with these changes.
At least Hibachi had better food, better prices and far more variety. Minot in general isn't well known for Asian food, but there's better than this available.
