Victoria X.
Yelp
Oh my goodness, where do I even begin.
By NY standards, this place cannot even be called a ramen spot; only because we have so many other options to compare to.
By town of Beacon standards, I can see why this would be so highly raved about since it's the only ramen spot in town.
Walking in I knew I was not going into a traditional ramen place, but instead a hipster ramen spot so I already set my expectations very low. I've been to hipster ramen spots in the city, and although I was never wow'd by it, it wasn't as bad as it could've been.
After a long day walking the town in the cold I just wanted some ramen soup to warm myself up. I was not prepared for what was about to unfold. We ordered the purple yam fries with curry sauce (this had flavor, but it tasted like the curry packets from the Asian markets), and this was pretty good, but the fries were just fried in flour (not panko bread crumbs or any Japanese bread crumb). I ordered the miso ramen ($12), no char siu added, and my boyfriend ordered the curry ramen ($13).
I've never tasted a broth more bland in my life - the ramen broth is the key component to a ramen dish so where's the hours of flavor simmered into the broth??
And to my surprise, my broth had just a smidge more flavor than the curry broth .... what....
It was seriously a disappointment when I realized that a pack of Nissin instant ramen had more flavor than this $12 bowl of ramen.
We also asked for a side of hot sauce and the waiter said he'll bring over some gochujang...homeboy brought over sambal.
Now I have no problem with receiving sambal instead of gochujang but did you really think I wouldn't notice? I'm Asian, and these sauces are a staple of my diet. Also, the sambal container was definitely left open for extended periods of time because it developed a really sour/tart taste to it.
I did finish my dish because I was hungry and I was paying a city's price for a bowl of ramen, but it was not worth the money at all. Oh, also, you guys charged me for char siu when I didn't order any. We were so disappointed with the place, and wanted to leave with the quickness, we left without bothering to fix the bill.