One recent day after class, I realized I was running errands on a completely empty stomach (I didn’t pack bento!) and needed to fuel up. No shortage of options in Flushing, I was just very indecisive and finally decided to wander over to the Flushing branch of Ramen Setagaya, my favorite ramen place. I hadn’t had a chance to visit the Flushing location – actually, I’ve yet to visit any location of Setagaya besides the original, because I’m weird like that – so I made my way to Prince Street and discovered the above. Oh. It’s now Ramen Hakata.
I was drawn in by the wireless internet access sign. Woohoo! I can eat my lunch in peace and surf the internet on my netbook. Which I did, and I note here that when I’d finished eating, they cleared my place but didn’t bring me the check until I requested it later. Very nice! It wasn’t busy , but still a nice touch that they didn’t rush me as soon as I’d finished eating.
As for what I ate, a very standard shio ramen – salt broth, my preference – which was satisfying in its own right, though by no means better than Setagaya.
Maybe on par… the noodles with a nice heft to them, the egg floating serenely and the pork, not bad at all. Will it replace Setagaya as my favorite? No. Is it nice to have a ramen place in Flushing and not have to trek to E. Village for my ramen fix? Well… Flushing is still a pain in the butt for me to get to, if only because driving takes 10 minutes but parking is a beeyotch, and taking public transportation takes like 45 minutes despite it being one exit away on the highway…
Yvo says: Happy to have them in Queens… tasty, inexpensive (markedly cheaper than the locations in Manhattan – this with a pretty generous tip came out to $10)… solid. Not destination dining though – that’s down the street at Canton Gourmet, yummm.
recommended
TT says
did you go with the pink netbook?
pretty cheap ramen!
T.C. says
Cool. The ramen looks okay. Doubt it’ll replace the fine establishments in the city too.
Eric L. says
http://www.newyorkramen.com
nuff said.
Feisty Foodie says
http://feistyfoodie.com/2007/08/22/minca-ramen-factory/
’nuff said. Besides, the point of this was to talk about this place in Flushing – Minca and Kambi are super far from Flushing!!! 😛
Eric L. says
2007? Impressive, you have been eating food for a while 😀
Yvo says
And writing about it! Welcome to the show! : P