Pure white tonkotsu ramen ($12.90++) & Tokyo ramen lunch set ($16.90++)!
Saturday Japanese ramen — pure white tonkotsu $12.90 + Tokyo ramen lunch set $16.90. Japanese ramen restaurant.
Japanese ramen with BB: pure white tonkotsu ramen ($12.90++) + a Tokyo ramen lunch set ($16.90++). 🍜😋
We split the two great ramen styles between us:
- Pure white tonkotsu ramen: the Hakata-style bowl, where “pure white” refers to the cloudy, opaque, cream-coloured broth you get from simmering pork bones for hours until the collagen and fat emulsify. It’s rich, smooth and deeply porky, served with thin straight noodles, sliced chashu, menma (bamboo shoots) and scallions. The kind of indulgent, full-bodied soup you want to drink to the last drop.
- Tokyo ramen lunch set: the lighter, soy-based (shoyu) style, a clearer, more savoury broth with wavy noodles, served as a set with sides like gyoza and rice, so it eats as a fuller meal.
The contrast was the fun part: the tonkotsu all richness and body, the Tokyo shoyu cleaner and more savoury-fragrant. Both done well, with proper chashu and springy noodles. At about $35 nett for the two, it was a satisfying mid-tier ramen meal.
Overall: 4.7 / 5. 😋👍🏼 A rich, creamy tonkotsu and a cleaner soy-based Tokyo set, two ramen styles done right. Would re-visit.
