Angela H.
Yelp
I've been hearing about this ramen place for a while now from my friends so I thought I'd try it out. Seeing a line at the door seemed like a good sign, must be good ramen! A little disappointed is how I would describe my ramen experience. I've definitely had better ramen elsewhere.
To begin, ordering was simple, menu was easy to go through and service was quick.
I ordered the shiromiso cha-shu ramen, when it arrived it looked good, well presented, but at closer look, the cha-shu was like 70% fat. Trust me, I appreciate a bit of fat on my cha-shu, but when you take a bite of it and its nothing but fat, its not exactly appetizing. The flavor of the pork is fine, but the amount of fat... I left about half of the cha-shu there and it was all fat.
Next, the noodles, they were probably the better part of the ramen, good texture, firm, tender. It was however, masked by a overwhelming amount of bean sprouts.
Finally the broth... Shiromiso is supposed to be milder and sweeter... Unfortunately it was much too salty and I could barely taste the natural sweet and creamy flavors of the broth itself. I did hear another customer telling the waiter about the saltiness, from what I understood he suggested to dilute the broth with ??water (I might have heard wrong) but the fact that we'd have to dilute the broth ourselves is a bit of a problem.
Taking into consideration the fact that getting a decent bowl of ramen isn't easy in Montreal, I still think they have room to improve.