獨特的赤味噌湯底;配一般的直身蛋麵;叉燒不錯但蛋一般;雲吞很不濟;定價偏高,雲吞拉麵不推介。Unique Red Miso broth;Tokyo-style straight noodles;Good char siu;Average eggBut horrible wonton. Stick to the basics.Kyoichi ramenThis place was apparently operated by someone from David Ramen.My wife tried this with a group of friends recently. She thought the basic shoyu and shio ramens were good so she urged me to try this out. It's located relatively near the Jordan MTR station, next to DGS.Decor:Three chefs at open kitchen surrounded by 14 tight
This place was apparently operated by someone from David Ramen.
My wife tried this with a group of friends recently. She thought the basic shoyu and shio ramens were good so she urged me to try this out. It's located relatively near the Jordan MTR station, next to DGS.
They do three types of broths: Shio, Shoyu and Miso.
The other options were essentially the amount of toppings on the ramen, mostly standard stuff like char siu, egg, negi and... Wonton!?
You could also choose the amount of fragrant oil you want in the ramen as well as the hardness of the noodles.
Instead of following my wife's advice, I was immediately distracted when the staff told me that the miso base was spicy. So that's what I ordered. The "Special Made Ramen" (i.e. will all toppings) in Miso broth.
I was expecting a yellow miso with loads of chili but I have to say that this didn't look too appetizing.
Broth: It seems to me that the miso broth was made by red miso, which had a deeper and grainer texture. It really tasted like red miso mixed with shoyu. Pretty heavy. But not spicy at all. Unique but not particularly tasty. I prefer more "standard" miso broths like those at Baikoken and Hakodate.
The grated ginger and chopped negi on top were not fresh enough. They might have grated it hours beforehand. It improved the complexity of the broth just slightly. Perhaps that's the spicy element referred to.
The kikurage (fungi) were too sweet and limp. This did not go well with the already heavy broth.
The three pieces of char siu were good though. About half fat and half meat. Well marinated. Those had a nice pork and shoyu aftertaste. This was the best part of the ramen.
The noodles were what I call the "default" Tokyo-style straight eggy ramen. It's a bit thinner than Ramen Joe's ramen. The texture was fine even if I did not specify the hardness of the noodles. However, some may think that it tastes just like yau mien. It may be a bit firmer and springier than Ramen Iroha. Not particularly exciting.
The taste of the whole egg was rather weird for me. It might have been the aka miso. Anyway, the surface of the egg was too salty but the egg, despite being slightly runny inside, barely had any egg taste. I struggled to finish the egg.
The worst part of the meal was definitely the 4 wontons in the noodle. It had meat and a little bit of chopped onions. The skin was smooth enough and had no alkaline taste, but the meat in all three wontons I've had were rancid. I did not finish the fourth one...
Any wonton in any Chinese wonton shop will have better wonton than here. This dragged down the points of this place a lot.
Conclusion:
Service was good. The waitresses were all very friendly. The red miso broth was unique but may be too heavy for some. No complaints about the noodles. Good char siu but horrible wonton.
Basic Shio and Shoyu ramen (with just char siu) might be worth a try.
Date of visit : 28 Apr 2013 (Sun) 6:30 pmNo. of diners : 2Average cost per head : $85Food quality : 7.8/10Environment : 8/10Service : 8/10Value-for-money : 8/10Overall rating : 7.88/10Having ramen in Hong Kong can be expensive, especially when I’m talking about queuing for some half an hour, making order before entering the shop and finishing the noodles in 15 minutes at an average price of $100 per head. Each ramen shop has to be unique in the market in order to survive and attract returning cu
Date of visit : 28 Apr 2013 (Sun) 6:30 pm No. of diners : 2 Average cost per head : $85 Food quality : 7.8/10 Environment : 8/10 Service : 8/10 Value-for-money : 8/10 Overall rating : 7.88/10
Having ramen in Hong Kong can be expensive, especially when I’m talking about queuing for some half an hour, making order before entering the shop and finishing the noodles in 15 minutes at an average price of $100 per head. Each ramen shop has to be unique in the market in order to survive and attract returning customers.
This Kyoichi Ramen was owned by Penny Chan, one of the contestant in the local singing contest “The Voice” and now an actor in the show biz. Celebrity effect is definitely one of the gimmick in attracting customers. On an early Sunday evening, with zero waiting time, my friend and I were assigned seats immediately. The laminated menu was simple and it was where we could marked directly our order.
Japanese chef Nao is in charge of the kitchen and works smoothly with 2 or 3 sou chefs. Except for the VIP room, all the 16 seats are at the L-shape bar table so every customer can observe how their orders are made.
In general, 3 types of soup bases - salt, soy sauce and miso are available. You can also adjust the oil content and level of ramen texture. a) House Special Ramen 特製拉麵 ($89) – 8/10
This was in fact the combination of all the ingredients including the soft boiled egg, Japanese leek, wanton, roasted pork and seaweed that you could place additional order except for the ox tongue. Salt soup base was chosen and it was of the right seasoning. Among the ingredients, the roasted pork was the best with inter-layers of fat and meat in between that brought the smoothness of the pork without the oily effect. I prefer this to the lean pork I had in Universal Noodle (Butao Ramen) 豚王. The soft boil egg passed the quality test with melting egg yolk, however, the wanton with minced pork and mushroom filling did not give a pleasant texture.
Mentioned as with “limited supply” everyday, the ox tongue was on the down side as it was way too soft then a normal piece of meat should be. I felt like having a slice of luncheon meat more than ox tongue. The ramen went with dedicated soup base which was much stronger than the salt soup base. Together with generous amount of grinded black pepper, I found the taste too pungent.
05.2013
题外话/补充资料:
[i][b]Q : When will I go again?
A : Hmm… would like to check for the ramen in Yokozuna橫綱 which was just blocks away but is always crowded by dozens of people.
Q: What will I next order?
A : Their rice with roasted pork that looks quite attractive.[/b][/i]
我選最淡的味道吃,質麵就選了軟的,等了8左右,服務員就送上香噴噴又大碗的拉麵,不及待就吃了一口,麵質真的啱晒我,haha 而最驚喜的是他們的玉子,是糖心的,wow,配上拉麵真係perfect match 呀雖然樓下的食評說價錢貴了點,但那個區的拉麵更貴的亦有,食完要勁飲水,但呢間我沒有啊^^聽老闆說他們的拉麵師傅是專程在日本請來的,難怪啊,現在租金都那麼貴,但這個價錢能吃正宗的日本拉麵噃我會再去試其他口味的^^