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2010-01-27
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"FOR MORE REFERENCE PHOTOS, I MIGHT LATER ON ADD SOME TO MY SUPPLEMENTARY BLOG: " Note that I did not add this shop on Openrice, it'd appeared just as I was preparing to add it for reviewing - so hopefully I didn't steal someone's 1st spot accidentally! Saw this shop recently on the bus and heard from Jason.Bonvivant & his friends that both this and the new Kyushu Style Ramen shop in T.K.O. are Japanese chefs run, so thanks to their confirmation I was keen to suss it out. In fact I was go
Note that I did not add this shop on Openrice, it'd appeared just as I was preparing to add it for reviewing - so hopefully I didn't steal someone's 1st spot accidentally! Saw this shop recently on the bus and heard from Jason.Bonvivant & his friends that both this and the new Kyushu Style Ramen shop in T.K.O. are Japanese chefs run, so thanks to their confirmation I was keen to suss it out. In fact I was going to try it by myself only as I came home late, but leaking some information about the story my mom decided she'd hop along at the last minute to try too - she loves real Jap Ramen & perhaps more than me as I'm more a traditional, soba person! Its the real deal from Japan definitely, as this classy Ramen/Rahmen shop is straight imported from Tokyo's expensive Omotesando Hills mall. Its now being headed in the kitchen by a Japanese chef, and the original Chef Owner flies in to this shop regularly to monitor and even cook the noodles!
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"PORK SALAD - Unlike the original MIST shop in Japan using the 米沢天元豚, here, they use a grain-fed one from 千葉 instead. The pork even know isn't freshly slaughtered, contained quite a good pork taste - better than most local fresh pork. The onion & garlicky sauce is a bit strong though, overwhelming the pork and salad a little, also slightly bitter. Nevertheless, a good salad started for $80.
"UME SHIO RAHMEN -" This is the Plum with Salted Broth Rahmen version. At $100 a bowl, it seems expensive initially but once you drink that lovely soup - boy, trust me, you'll think its worth every cents. Its rich, has depth, just a slight hint of plummy citrusiness but full of コク from the secret meat and bones, oils, etc, they boil this in. A very good very thick Shio Rahmen, this is defininitely High-Class Japanese Rahmen's authentic taste! There's 1 piece of Charsiu and Negi included only though - some might call it expensive. Unfortunately, this carries a thinner noodle than the dish ordered below. Using a no.26 noodle cut - this thinnish noodle seemed a little over-cooked and also lacks noodles taste. But the broth makes up for it.
"MISO RAHMEN -" AMAZING SOUP again! The soul of a rahmen bowl is the soup, no arguments about that - 湯唔味, 乜都係假! The amount of ingredients that goes into making the soup-base in top shops, is often way more than what u can see with the naked eye, hence why the Soup is more expensive than the Noodle-Cake in some Japanese shops sometimes. This bowl used the thicker strand, no.18 noodles cut and this fared a lot better than above. Slightly bitey but in my opinion, could still be better timed and also carry stronger noodles taste (despite using Japanese flour for making them), I think the noodles were good quality but not as good as 札幌元祖/函館元祖's 西山拉麵, but the broth is much more richer and with more depth here! There's even melted meat at the bottom of the soup, as well as a very good Miso taste! At $100 with only 1 piece of Charsiu, some Bamboo shoots, etc, its expensive, but just the soup alone is worth it - pity the noodles aren't as good.
"ADDITIONAL CHARSIU -" These are $10 for a thin piece, but guess what - its thin yes, its pricey, but this rolled pork not only had a slightly charred surface taste like Chinese Char-siu, it was also full of pork taste and melted in the mouth! This is easily the best and more authentic tasting Char Siu I've tasted locally for now!
"HALF COOKED TAMAGO -" These come as 1 whole egg rather than already halved - so once u break it open, only the outside is warm but the inside is a bit cold, though not as cold as the refrigerated ones I had at 壹碗麵(灣仔). The Japanese imported eggs here aren't 'runny', but they're not over-cooked either. Some will find their yolk too hard. I actually enjoy this type of eggs too, so no comments - but a must order for me personally!
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THE SETTING OF MIST RAHMEN SHOP IS VERY PECULIAR, AS IT ISN'T TRADITIONAL JAPANESE BUT OF THE SLIGHTLY MODERNISED RATHER THAN FUSIONISED MOVEMENT IN BOTH DESIGN AND IN TASTE - ITS KIND OF LIKE THE 'EVISU' OR '裏原宿' TYPE OF A RAHMEN SHOP, EVEN THE CHAIRS ARE LEATHER BINDED!
THE SALAD IS EATEN WITH DESIGNER CUTLERY FROM UK'S ROBERT WELSH & ITALY'S GELATO BRANDS, THEN, AS THE RAHMEN AND ASSESORIES ARRIVE LATER - YOU SHALL OPEN THAT SECRET DRAWER UNDERNEATH YOUR TABLE TO FIND A SET OF HANKERCHIEF, CHOPSTICKS & SPOON FOR EATING WITH YOUR NOODLES! WELL, A BIT LIKE CERTAIN CHA CHAAN TENG'S COMPARTMENTS PILED WITH THE SAME, EXCEPT YOU WILL FIND ONLY 1 SET CAREFULLY PRE-PREPARED FOR EACH CUSTOMER PRIOR TO YOUR ARRIVAL, JUST FOR YOUR RAHMEN BOWL!
SOUP - 'HIGH 5'
SOUP ACCESSORIES - 'MID 5'
RAHMEN NOODLES - '3' - '4' (this needs to be improved!)
IMPRESSIVE, SO CLOSE TO A '5', EXCEPT THE NOODLES! GANBATTE!
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