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2014-02-05
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SO, I Went to Have lunch with my wife in Central the other day~ to this ramen place in Central. Nice clean small noodle shop, Well, it is a ramen shop~ what do you expect~ they are basically a Fast food place. The waiter to customer ratio was about 22 customers to 4 floor persons, 3 kitchen guys.Just like Rolls Royce engines. “ it is adequate”NOW look at the price. About 60- 80 a bowl. But bad.The topping are ranging 8 – 15 dollars, and the Snacks are about 18- 35 HKD.HOW about Drinks you say? W
SO, I Went to Have lunch with my wife in Central the other day~ to this ramen place in Central. Nice clean small noodle shop, Well, it is a ramen shop~ what do you expect~ they are basically a Fast food place. The waiter to customer ratio was about 22 customers to 4 floor persons, 3 kitchen guys.
Just like Rolls Royce engines. “ it is adequate”
NOW look at the price. About 60- 80 a bowl. But bad.
The topping are ranging 8 – 15 dollars, and the Snacks are about 18- 35 HKD.
HOW about Drinks you say? Well, 12 for Oolong tea and 65 for a REAL SAKE. We Had Water. ( Well, It is a noodle Bar, NOT a real bar. )
Still I think is Fair priced.
I have to say, my photos were not professionally done and they don’t do justice for the food.
Couple things,
1) The Tofu with Semi Cooked Egg was great! Very good on visual too. AND It is actually Sweet Bean Sauce and Sesame sauce with some Sesame on top~ You know the ones you put on Stinky tofu? That’s EXACTLY that~ It goes together well, and, Of course they are higher grade stuff, but the whole time, I was thinking “ If there were some MISO with the Tofu… If there is some Miso now…” It might work.
2) The dumplings are FAIR. It took some time for them to cook ( about 20 mins ) they are not the garlicky taste like the ones I am used too. Just NORMAL dumplings.
3) The Noodles, I ordered the pork+ fish stock mega noodle and my wife ordered the Pork stock XXX mountain thing.
Pork + Fish stock is relatively light and I like the taste of it. NOT SALTY and NOT overly Spiced. NOT REFREASHING thou, but I think it is a good balance which I can eat .. well, 2-3 times a week. ( Some shops you could only have once a month cos too oily and Savory) , and The Char Siu is a bit rough , but I can live with it.
My Wife’s Raman is a mountain, a mountain of noodles and onions and Vegi. The Stock got some porky taste to it ( Well, the other post mentioned it too) BUT IT IS NOT AS BAD as they said. Just take some pepper and it would take the soup to another level, and make you happy.
It is just a comfortable meal. It is very hard to find a Raman shop these days. Something that’s not over kill in taste ~
The noodles are one of those pre seasoned oil yellow noodles, thicker and usually use for thick heavy stocks. Best part is that I don’t need to Run to 7-11 to buy a stick of gum to kick the after taste out of my mouth. It is something Me and My wife can live with.
NOW I Really think this shop is operated by a someone who appreciate food with a lighter taste. These days a lot of shops are FILLING the menu with Pork stock that’s SO heavy and thick you could glue wallpapers with them. And Really, why would you need something that Savory all the time?
With all the food we ate.~280 HK for 2 person. Costly? Well, Not really in Central area. Cheap? Not really for my cheap lunch standard~
Would I come here again? Yes~ and the waiting time is not bad~
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Well. I don't write a lot of reports~ I am just lazy ~ and I think, if the restaurants were good, there are a lot of people write them already, why they need me. And If they are BAD, I wish them close down and Don’t want my mind to be occupy by it, I would write something ONLY Not too many people know about. Cos IF they are NOT BAD AT ALL and people bad mouthing it, THAT I have a problem.
(The above review is the personal opinion of a user which does not represent OpenRice's point of view.)
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