Judy C.
Yelp
Ramen in Emeryville, sounds great! I was looking forward to Ramen before my trip, as I did research on eateries. It has been months since my other half and I had our ramen fix. Shiba Ramen is located at the Emeryville Public Market. We decided to try Shiba after looking at all the different food vendors at this public market. Having ramen was perfect, since it was so chilly in Oakland.
Shiba Ramen, located towards the end of the public market. The menu consist of Spicy, Clear, Clear Dark, SoyMilk, Dry for Ramen. White Bird, Salad Ramen for Special Ramen. Wings, Chashu Pie, Gyoza, Spicy Cucumber, rice ball for Sides. Draft beers, beers,sake and ice cream also available.
The service I received wasn't the greatest, the cook that day and he also was the counter person didn't look happy and wasn't so friendly. We were still stuffed from lunch during our visit, so we just got two bowls of ramen, spicy for my other half and I got the white bird. I normally don't have a chance to try ramen in chicken flavor so this would be perfect to try. The White Bird is a rich, creamy chicken broth with bean sprouts, bamboo shoot, soft boiled egg, and chashu. I got chicken chashu instead of pork. I thought the red stringy stuff was saffron, but I was wrong, it was shredded togarashi peppers.
My opinion, my other half mentioned his ramen was good but not Good-Good and my ramen was mediocre, the noodles were slightly overcooked, the bowl of ramen was luke warm, the only thing I liked was the egg. The broth to noodle ratio wasn't there. I didn't have enough broth for my noodle. Pricey at $14/$15 a bowl for food court/public market type.
Overall, it was still a good first time in ramen experience @ Oakland