Ramen Kuboya

A friend of mine recently told me about Ramen Kuboya, mentioning he had a Groupon or similar deal, so I went with him to check it out. He’d been a few times before and enjoyed it, but wanted my opinion – unfortunately, the appetizers he’d liked there weren’t available when we went (the Saturday it snowed), boo.

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But no worries, we ordered from the Lunch Set Menu instead, which included pork rice to start. I barely touched this – it wasn’t particularly interesting, but were I hungrier, it would have been fine.

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The lunch set menu also included gyoza, which were a little oily and not very crisp. They were nice to munch on though and inoffensive, but not particularly wonderful – as in, they come with the meal, great, but I wouldn’t order these separately.

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As for the ramen – I chose shio ramen, because I prefer the salt based broth – and I found the broth really tasty. The noodles were pretty standard, but nicely chewy and pretty good. I enjoyed my bowl very much!

Yvo says: While this place is right next to Minca, they’re both super far east from where I normally hang out. I enjoyed my ramen very much, but I don’t know if it was enough to get me back in the area on a regular basis. I suppose we’ll see as I continue my ramen journey…
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