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2014-07-06
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Go for the ramen, think twice before getting the $178 limited supply set.Environment:Quite packed, but the ceiling is very high, so it's not too noisy. We got a table inside an open "room" which could be cornered off (by dividers) for a party of 8-10.Food: Welcoming drink - complimentaryYou get to choose between red, white or non-alc. All 4 of us chose non-alc for some reason. It was like a fizzy yuzu-based punch. Not bad. Could've downed it in one gulp. Pickled veg $45How dainty and sophstic
Environment:
Quite packed, but the ceiling is very high, so it's not too noisy. We got a table inside an open "room" which could be cornered off (by dividers) for a party of 8-10.
Food:
Welcoming drink - complimentary
You get to choose between red, white or non-alc. All 4 of us chose non-alc for some reason. It was like a fizzy yuzu-based punch. Not bad. Could've downed it in one gulp. Pickled veg $45
How dainty and sophsticated. Wooden tweezers to pick up each piece of veg, aww. It was delightfully fresh, cool and appetizing. Well-balanced sweet and sour vinegar. I appreciated the addition of shiso leaf into the usual mix, because it was the only flavour i could taste apart from the pickling juice. The natural flavours of cauliflower, baby corn, cherry tomato and raw papaya couldn't be tasted. Only the peppery shiso leaf flavours came through. Set of 5 skewers $2xx
Out of the 5 skewers, only the smoked soft-boiled egg and wagyu with veg appealed to us. The others were just so-so. The smoked soft-boiled egg was wrapped in a thin veil of fatty pork. The egg itself was yummy, the smoke was not overpowering, but the yolk texture could have been a little more uniform. The wagyu skewer I did not try but everyone else found it to be melt-in-the-mouth tasty. The salmon skewer was disappointing (rough texture, not too fresh) and so was the bacon-wrapped cherry tomato one. Limited offer - $178 ramen and rice set with fish and other condiments
I chose this because of how pretty it looked on the menu. But it actually wasn't that satisfying. Maybe coz I wanted something more flavorful. The spinach (?) ramen included in this set felt as if it were slightly undercooked but it was chewy - almost hard and I was alright with the texture. The problem I had was with the soup. It was bland and unexciting. The bonito flakes did little to help, because they tasted fishy. Um and the sea bream(?), overcooked smoked sea bream, frankly, was a disappointment. It tasted literally bad because the smoke tasted like second hand smoke. Not the smoked salmon kind of pleasant smokiness. Again, the same comment I have with the green tea-soaked rice is that there isn't much flavour to speak of. There were some crunchy rice crispies but that only added some unnecessary texture - I like my bowl of rice the way it is, without crunch, thankyou very much.
The sweet egg was alright. Quite moist and spongy, slightly on the sweet side. There was also some kind of root vegetable drenched in sesame dressing. I liked the sesame dressing. Didn't like the texture of the root veg. Pork was very very average. Didn't have enough flavour, but was very soft and tender thanks to all that fat.
Verdict: Not a must-have item at all. Don't order this if you're only going to come here once.
Chili paste ramen (broth with spicy paste and garlic oil)
D, D and T ordered the same kind of ramen, so boring poo. Ohwells. At least D ordered the half portion. Um. It's actually not that small. I'd recommend OLs to go for the petit bowl coz y'all have your tiny little dresses to squeeze into. Anyway, there wasn't much kick from the chili paste (maybe my friends only mixed half of the paste into the broth?). The ramen was quite bouncy (good!) and I liked how there was lots of textures and flavours going on inside the bowl. There's spring onion, black fungus, chili paste, garlic...forgot what else. Next time I might go for a bowl of ramen too. Tastes better and is more satisfying than the limited offer set!That dessert - yuzu sorbet, tofu, raspberries, soil
You're not really sure what kind of effect they want to achieve putting all the elements together on one plate. Frankly some of it does not work, for example sorbet with soil. Soil should go with ice cream. But I must say that this sorbet is quite nice - no lumpy ice crystals at all. It was smooth, velvety and refreshing. Quite remarkable. Sadly it does not go with soil. I.e. oreo/chocolate graham cracker crumbs. The raspberries were quite sour. The tofu was pleasantly sweet. But as a whole this dessert didn't make much sense to me and I just picked at individual elements when tasting it. Conclusion:
Come for the classic ramen dishes and perhaps the skewers. And try to avoid peak meal times coz you'll probably have to wait a long time. Come alone, or with one friend only - you'll get seated more quickly.
Will return: to have a bowl of ramen to myself, hee.
題外話/補充資料：
No reservations allowed. minimal 4+ seats. Restaurant furnished primarily for parties of 1-3. You don't get to choose the texture of your ramen, unlike at ramen bars.
(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)
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