the ramen blog & other goodies!

This is a decent ramen. Thin noodles that’re a bit bland but ok. The soup is a shoyu base and also just ok. There’re small slices of garlic, which is nice if you like garlic like me. There’s also some corn, a few bits of bamboo shoot, and a few slivers of onion. It gets a 6.

This very so-so tonkotsu ramen has skinny but decent noodles, sesame seeds, seaweed, and green onion. Unfortunately the soup tastes more like msg soup than tonkotsu. It gets a 5.

This tonkotsu ramen has skinny noodles and lots of goodies, with sesame seeds, onion, seaweed, meat and even ginger. The meat was actually pork-like. Overall this was a mixed bag…I absolutely hate ginger (so I didn’t add any) and I’m not crazy about the skinny noodles. On the other hand, the noodles were nicely chewy, and I liked all the accoutrements. The soup was just decent. Overall it gets a 7.

Very average ramen with skinny so-so noodles and decent shoyu soup. You get a piece of mystery meat and some green onions and that’s it. This gets a 6.

Actually it’s Ikebukuro Taisyoken Chukasoba and boy, what fancy packaging. There’s four packs of goodies inside and two kinds of oil. There’s onions, shinachiku, naruto, seaweed, sesame oil…the works. But boy, what a disappointment. The noodles are the flat kind, nicely chewy, but slightly…sweet? And the soup tastes like…well it tastes like msg soup. Sigh. Too bad…it only gets a 6.

This chicken shoyu ramen is pretty average. Skinny noodles. So-so soup. Corn, onions, and a slice o’ the traditional mystery meat. It gets a 5.