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2018-02-19
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Ramen is love and that is what boyfriend and I go to every Valentine's Day. Just walk up to a ramen shop and slurp up a delicious bowl of ramen.On this evening, we decided to eat at Nagahama No. 1 Ramen. Hailing from Fukuoka, the center of many fantastic ramen places, is this small shop that has been in the Sheung Wan area for a long long time. Always popular but not as popular as the other places, we always wanted to give it at try. And that night was it.The interior is small and cramed. There
On this evening, we decided to eat at Nagahama No. 1 Ramen. Hailing from Fukuoka, the center of many fantastic ramen places, is this small shop that has been in the Sheung Wan area for a long long time. Always popular but not as popular as the other places, we always wanted to give it at try. And that night was it.
The interior is small and cramed. There is one lone Japanese ramen chef cooking away at an open kitchen. They have no bar chairs so everyone sits around tables.
They have photos of their original yatai shop in Fukuoka.
Menu is in English, Chinese and Japanese. They have a photo menu if you want pictures. You order by checking off the piece of paper. There is no 10% service charge.
They also have snacks as well.
They have among the usual condiments, a bowl of spicy bean sprouts. They were very spicy and boyfriend didn't like it much.
Tonkatsu Ramen ($78). I ordered this. A very basic ramen. It came with a couple of slices of char siu and nori. The char siu was not that good. A bit dry in texture. The nori was crispy and pretty good. But it was the soup base that was amazing. It stole the show and yes, ramen is mostly about the soup. The soup was like the one from Ichiran (which is also from Fukuoka). It had that same sweet and savory pork taste. That was light yet lingered in your mouth. Simply delicious.
The noodles were the thin kind. The soup clung well to it.
Boyfriend shared his egg with me. It was ok. the yolk was runny but the egg wasn't flavored.
No. 1 Ramen ($98). Boyfriend ordered this. Their signature ramen. This includes an egg, four slices of char siu and nori. It was basically the same as mine but more char siu and egg. So, if you want more toppings, then this is the bowl for you.
One of the best ramen places in Hong Kong. The good thing is it rarely has a line as not many think to go here. It's a bit more low key than the other ramen places but it outshines all of them. I'll be back.
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