Fish fillet with pickled vegetable tonkotsu ramen ($16.50++) @ Le Shrimp Ramen!
Le Shrimp Ramen's Fish Fillet with Pickled Vegetable Tonkotsu Ramen, $16.50++: sliced fish in a milky tonkotsu broth with suan cai, plus a $8.90++ pork chop on the side.
Fish fillet with pickled vegetable tonkotsu ramen at Le Shrimp Ramen, $16.50++, with a pork chop on the side, $8.90++. πππ
What we had ($25.40++):
- Fish Fillet with Pickled Vegetable Tonkotsu Ramen, $16.50++
- Pork chop, $8.90++
We came back to Le Shrimp Ramen, the shrimp broth la mian concept, and went off the shrimp side of the menu this time. Alongside the shrimp bowls they run a tonkotsu broth section, and this is where the fish fillet bowl sits.
It is a smart mash-up. The broth is full tonkotsu, thick and milky white and clinging to the spoon, but instead of the usual chashu it comes loaded with pickled mustard greens (suan cai), borrowing the sour-salty backbone of a Sichuan suan cai yu. The pickles cut straight through the fattiness of the pork bone soup, so a broth that would otherwise be heavy stays bright and keeps you going back for more.
The fish fillet was the other half of the idea: big, thick slices of white fish, poached soft so they almost fall apart against the spoon, mild and clean against all that richness. Under them were the la mian, thin and springy, with a scatter of spring onion and crispy fried garlic over the top for fragrance.
The pork chop came on a separate plate, cut into strips and fried to a craggy golden brown, crisp at the edges and still juicy inside. Good for dipping into the broth, though at $8.90++ it is more of a treat than a necessity.
Rich and sour at the same time, which is a hard thing to balance. I liked this as much as the shrimp bowls.
Overall: 4.1 / 5. πππΌ Creamy tonkotsu sharpened with suan cai, soft fish fillet, crispy pork chop alongside. Would re-order.
