My first experience here was takeout, but the new place is amazing! The menu has some very interesting things I definitely need to try. I was drawn by the picture of fluffy sticky buns, which I've not found good ones since the last time I was in Hong Kong. They weren't what I expected, but definitely delicious! The dough was more dense, and I'd like to try some others to see if it's a dish variation. The other "softball" order was a California roll, for a quick to-go lunch. While it's a very simple sushi roll, the preparation and presentation were fantastic for a to-go order! You can tell the difference when someone "places" your order in a bag, and when they just "toss" it in instead. It's the little things. Speaking of little things, their front desk "helper" was very helpful and made the whole transaction a little more pleasant. Rather than the typical food pickup where you just give them your name and pay and go, we had a very short and polite conversation. I was given a token for their opening, and I hope that this honest review is appreciated in kind! Love above All, Jason
HOKKAIDO RAMEN HOUSE
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My first experience here was takeout, but the new place is amazing! The menu has some very interesting things I definitely need to try. I was drawn by the picture of fluffy sticky buns, which I've not found good ones since the last time I was in Hong Kong. They weren't what I expected, but definitely delicious! The dough was more dense, and I'd like to try some others to see if it's a dish variation. The other "softball" order was a California roll, for a quick to-go lunch. While it's a very simple sushi roll, the preparation and presentation were fantastic for a to-go order! You can tell the difference when someone "places" your order in a bag, and when they just "toss" it in instead. It's the little things. Speaking of little things, their front desk "helper" was very helpful and made the whole transaction a little more pleasant. Rather than the typical food pickup where you just give them your name and pay and go, we had a very short and polite conversation. I was given a token for their opening, and I hope that this honest review is appreciated in kind! Love above All, Jason
Came in for lunch on a weekend, seated and served immediately. For appetizers, the Crab Rangoon’s were lightly fried with the cream cheese interior still cold. Not sure if this was purposeful or not, I still liked it but I think I prefer a hot stuffing to them. We also had the Shanghai Pork Dumplings, we liked these and it was our first time trying dumplings like these. They were savory and a very little sweet, almost reminiscent of a breakfast really good pork maple sauce with a soft doughy exterior. I had the spicy beef ramen which came with a large half bone of beef rib and some pieces of pork for the protein. I would say the ramen itself was pretty minimally spicy, but they do offer chili power and chili oil on the table to bring up the heat. I added a spoonful of the chili pepper and this brought up the heat to a level where it was more noticeable but not something that I would still classify as very spicy so it seems forgiving. My wife had the garlic tonkotsu ramen and thoroughly enjoyed it, she added about half a spoon of the chili powder to her dish and not being a fan of a lot of spice was sufficient for her. Both had great portion sizes and solid flavors and came out fairly quickly. Overall happy with the visit and the food, in the 4.2-4.4 star range imo
Came in for lunch on a weekend, seated and served immediately. For appetizers, the Crab Rangoon’s were lightly fried with the cream cheese interior still cold. Not sure if this was purposeful or not, I still liked it but I think I prefer a hot stuffing to them. We also had the Shanghai Pork Dumplings, we liked these and it was our first time trying dumplings like these. They were savory and a very little sweet, almost reminiscent of a breakfast really good pork maple sauce with a soft doughy exterior. I had the spicy beef ramen which came with a large half bone of beef rib and some pieces of pork for the protein. I would say the ramen itself was pretty minimally spicy, but they do offer chili power and chili oil on the table to bring up the heat. I added a spoonful of the chili pepper and this brought up the heat to a level where it was more noticeable but not something that I would still classify as very spicy so it seems forgiving. My wife had the garlic tonkotsu ramen and thoroughly enjoyed it, she added about half a spoon of the chili powder to her dish and not being a fan of a lot of spice was sufficient for her. Both had great portion sizes and solid flavors and came out fairly quickly. Overall happy with the visit and the food, in the 4.2-4.4 star range imo
Me and my wife stopped by for lunch we got the potstickers. And I got the garlic tonkotsu Raman my wife got the shoyu Raman, also had an eel roll and gmc roll. All the food was beautiful and taste the waitress was incredible and very helpful and always kept the sweet tea full. Can’t wait to get back for more.