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2019-11-01
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A couple of years ago, I went on a solo shopping extravaganza in Tokyo. Exhausted, hungry and carry a ton of shopping bags, I came across a place called The Tomatoman in Ometsando. Tomato soup based tsukemen using organic tomatoes. I loved the richness of the soup. The springiness of the noodles.But apparently, the shop had closed and now has moved to Hong Kong. Located on Gough Street (where there are already two other very outstanding ramen shops), I decided to give this one a try.Though the l
But apparently, the shop had closed and now has moved to Hong Kong. Located on Gough Street (where there are already two other very outstanding ramen shops), I decided to give this one a try.
Though the logo is the same, the whole layout is different. Gone is the white,red and silver design. The Hong Kong branch is red with brown wood.
Menu is similar with the addition of cold noodles and sides. The one in Tokyo was much simpler. Menu is in English, Japanese and Chinese. You can choose how spicy you want your noodles and amount. Unlike most tsukemen places, this one doesn't offer a lighter dashi soup to dilute the soup for you to drink. Instead they suggest you add money for rice to mix it up. This was not offered in the original Tokyo location. But the soup isn't that concentrated so you can actually just drink it as is.
Boyfriend ordered the tsukemen with char siu ($118). He ordered a level 3 spicy and medium amount (250g) of noodles. The char siu lacked flavor. The egg also was a bit bland. The amount of spicy was just right for him but it covered the flavor of the tomato soup.
I had the one without char siu ($88) so I could get slice from him. I had the level 1 spicy (though I recall in Japan I could get baby spicy but this was not available here) and medium amount of noodles as well. The soup was a bit better without the amount of spiciness. It was a bit spicy but not too much. It just didn't cover up the taste of tomato. The only thing was the taste of the tomato also wasn't very rich. The noodles were ok though they were also warm and not cold like how it was in Tokyo. I assume it's to cater to the Hong Kong palate as most do like their dipping noodles warm and not cold. The egg was ok. Not much flavor but at least the yolk was runny.
It was ok but a bit average. Nothing really stood out. Flavor wasn't as intense as the original one in Tokyo. I know to never compare to Japan because they are just so much better over there, but this was far cry from the original. Doubt I'd be back. And a lot more expensive as well.
张贴
