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Very close to home, very reasonable pricing and very good food. I like it. I had lunch here but chose to order barbecue pork with rice and added a fried egg to it - delicious. The barbecue pork was tender, not dry and tough like I've had at some establishments and there wasn't an excessive amount of rice to be used as filler. My friend had a noodle dish with pork, shrimp and green peppers that was also quite tasty. Service is nothing to write home about, but certainly wasn't bad. The food was promptly prepared so we made great time eating lunch during the work day. I would be happy to have lunch here again - so would anyone who likes Hong Kong style Chinese food.
Delicious delicious burgers that need to be all the way. And some of the only fries I'll actively eat because they're tasty - I'm usually the type who picks at a few fries and once they've chilled I'm done - only hot fries are the best, yup. But I've finished theirs between my boyfriend and I so that says a lot for me! Honestly they're a bit on the greasy side but sometimes I like having artery clogging goodness. A smidge on the high side of prices, but I eat here infrequently so I don't mind. Too low and I may eat here too often and have too MUCH artery clogging goodness, oops!
They'd have 5 stars if they ever put a tonkotsu broth on the menu - I'd totally knock someone off for a good tonkotsu ramen around here. However, the miso/shio/shoyu ramen here is all delicious - I just really want my creamy tonkotsu ramen, dangit! Also, I want to know the exact recipe for their seasoned ("flavored") eggs - theirs turn out so much tastier than mine! Argh! But this is about the best ramen I've had the pleasure of eating in the Midwest - if someone knows of better I'm all ears because it'd have to be pretty mindblowing.
Small A Set Menu, shio ramen 4 eva.
Small A Set Menu, shio ramen 4 eva.
I love their tonkatsu curry plates and the kurobuta (black Berkshire pork) plate - super delicious! They're excellent at their katsu. Also their oyakodon and katsudon are really delicious and always fresh. The curry udon is super yummy - but I love curry everything so maybe I'm a little biased! I'm also a big fan of getting my little side portions of things like pickles, fruit, salad or soup - whatever happens to come with my menu! Totally yummy. Always, always happy to eat here - never had a bad meal.
Must eat BBQ Pork and Rice burger. So many of them. Need fries with cheesy curry powder. Need stuffed pancake. Eat forever. So much eating.
Also the only place in the Mitsuwa Food Court that takes credit cards. Awesome.
Also the only place in the Mitsuwa Food Court that takes credit cards. Awesome.
4 might be a bit generous but this is my favorite easy late night hangout. It's usually not too crowded, my service is pretty prompt, the kitchen is open until something like 10:45 and I like their small plates menus. Nothing too fancy and maybe a bit expensive but certainly not bad. Also, Disco Fries are awesome and the peach Long Island Iced Tea pitcher is preeeetty awesome, especially when they're on special. Now I want another one... anyway, always happy to go back! Nothing super outstanding but sometimes it's just what I want - a few snacks and a few drinks.
The only reason this is 4 stars instead of 3 is that it's always so dang crowded... and at lunch it smells like old people. Bleh. But that's not really their fault. My food is always delicious, the prices are reasonable (a steal, even) for such huge portions - I always leave with leftovers! From previous experience they have the best jjangmyun (noodles in black bean sauce) in the area and nothing I've had there has been bad - just dishes I like more than others, so that's mostly personal preference. My friend loves the lemon chicken there. Extra deals can be found on the lunch menu - and I am now lucky enough to be able to go there for lunch since work is so close! Hooray! I can't help how much I love their deliciously stuffed crab rangoon... as un-Chinese as it is, it's just so tasty! Dang! I'll be happier when it's cooler so I feel like eating big bowls of soup! Always happy to dine here, super yummy. Just be aware that it's a little loud if you manage it during the lunch rush too.
Another exceptional izakaya in the area - I feel like I should be buying lottery tickets to live near so many great Japanese restaurants! Another wonderfully authentic place and the staff is very welcoming and friendly. My food was exceptional - though I want to go a little more overboard the next time I go back. My boyfriend had the yakisoba - which was totally yummy - and I had an unagidon with egg and onion that was massive! I could barely finish it! As an appetizer I had the tuna wrapped in shiso leaves and battered/fried - mouth watering. Want more! So much more! I also had shochu served with half a grapefruit and a juicer - the freshest grapefruit juice I have ever had, haha! But it was tart and refreshing on a hot summer day. Happy to go back!
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I looove Kuna, she's absolutely sweet! She was able to fit me in for a trim the same day I called, she worked very quickly but also very accurately to do exactly what I requested - which was leaving most of my length intact but trimming up my bangs and thinning out my horribly thick hair - which, while nice looking, is a very hot PITA in the summer, oy! I left with my hair feeling soft, shiny and looking great. She also got a ton of phonecalls while I was there so clearly she's very popular now - and she loves Yelp! I've been happy to recommend her to friends in the area myself and can't wait til I have a reason to go back! Oh, and her pricing is FANtastic!
Will absolutely be back!
Will absolutely be back!
Not a whole lot to say about this one way or another - it's an acceptable lunch option, though not as "Express" as I might hope for - but the upside is that it means I watched them make my deluxe chicken teriyaki bento from scratch. The tempura was easily my favorite part of the meal, my California and unagi rolls were both a bit on the small side. The salad was nothing special but tasty enough. Actually, my favorite part was the Coke Revolution machine... man I love those things. Peach Sprite. The service may not have been the most prompt but everyone was very polite and it was very clean. I would eat here again, but I probably won't go out of my way to do it and I'll stick to the Qdoba next door.
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