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Boris Smirnov -
a month ago
Tl;dr: Ramen is mediocre. Service is terrible.
More detail: I ordered a normal "tonkotsu" ramen and a fried cheese skewer. They were out of Asahi and Sapporo, so I settled for a coke. And then I waited. After 20 minutes the cheese skewer showed up. It was meh. No one bothered to bring me the drink. Another 20 minutes went by (okay, it was Friday, the place is on Insurgentes, I didn't complain) and finally the ramen showed up. I then had to remind the server to bring me hashi u0026 a spoon, as well as my drink please (a can of coke, so then I had to ask for a glass with ice too). And then it turned out that the ramen wasn't actually done! They'd literally rushed it out after 40 minutes! The broth was tepid, the noodles were uncooked and tough, and the mushrooms were raw and actually refrigerator-cold inside. So I complained and another ten minutes later they brought it out right (I knew as much because the mushrooms were nice and grilled this time).
Even then, this is about as mediocre a ramen as I've had. There's definitely better in Mexico City (Wan Wan, Jametaro, Kura, hell even Degu). The broth here lacks both salt and fat. The egg is hard-boiled(!) The pork belly is skimpy and cut into little rectangles of mostly fat. Oh and I asked for chile on the side but that never came. I think the noodles were the worst though, bland and soapy, and I know for sure they hadn't been overcooked. I'll admit that I'm no ramen expert, but those noodles sucked.
They were kind enough to offer me a complimentary dish by way of apology, but uh that turned out to be another fried cheese skewer, which I politely declined (too meh, too late), at which point they brought me my check without me having asked for it. Now I know this might sound weird if you're not from here, but this last bit is just straight up rude in Mexico—and further motivated me to spend 15 minutes panning this atrocious excuse for a ramen spot. Eater beware.