Good Ramen in Toronto

[goodtime]

Goodtime eatery review...

...That name (kon-ichi-wah) was bugging me for the last few days. I gotta try out your recommendation.

Thanks Goodtime. Owl of Minerva. I could never remember that name. The owner used to be down at Bloor and Christy. Her business was so successful that she sold the downtown location (for a hefty sum) and opened another location in North York. Don't forget to sample her KimChi, the owner makes it herself and it's one of the better KimChi's in town...

Been meaning to try Kon-ichi-wan, used to walk-by all the time.

Only reason I knew the name was because of stood-up by Red Stiletto outside of Aren't we naughty! store. A cold night with the wind chill, nearly froze my you know what off given the hard-on.

I have been trying to cut down on K diet but the more I avoid it, the more I'm engulfed by it. Had an amazing night of K sushi buffet & dessert, you should have seen the eye-candies. You and Pool would have approved. Especially the waitess, her spunky personality reminded me so much of a certain K MPA. Hm, I'm tempted to post this encounter.

Shordy, all the talk of Ramen got me craving for it too. I, too searching high and low, as well as outside of GTA. Never make it to J-town of that place outside GTA, hung out in K-town instead.

 

[flyingdgn]

Yeah, the "King of Kings" is pretty good.

I also had the Ginko nuts. That was kinda disappointing. Beans roasted on giant toothpicks.

Phew. I'm glad you enjoyed the Spicy Ramen. I was feeling kinda guilty since you didn't enjoy the plain one. Unfortunately this is the only place I know of that serves a 'not so horrible' bowl of ramen.

You can get Ginko nuts at the asian grocery stores and roast them yourself. A lot cheaper. I think Ginko is supposed to help with blood circulation and improve memory. I don't like them myself, but then I can't remember what they taste like anymore.

 

[diverdown]

Ramen

If you can't find good Ramen why not look for 'Pho' house, lots all over the city. Great broth, noodles, add spices, thai basil, etc etc...warm bliss on a winters day.

 

[Lenny Weinrib]

Just like it's hard to get a great bowl of ramen in Toronto, I think it's equally hard to get a bad bowl of pho. Anyone have a favourite?

 

[raverboy]

raverboy's resto review #1

So I was inspired by this thread to TOFTT (albeit in a different way )

Visited Kon-nichi-wa on Baldwin St. tonight. Intimate and cosy little place that seats approx. 30. The following menu items were sampled:

1. Ramen
They only have one selection of ramen, and not surprisingly, it carries their name - kon-nichi-wa ramen. You get a choice of topping - beef, chicken, pork and shrimp, and a choice of soup base - miso or soya sauce. I chose pork, in miso. Soup was tasty, although I found it a little thin to my taste. The noodles were dressed with (only!) 3 flavourful slices of pork, a bit of seaweed and green onions. There is a shaker of nanami-togarashi on each table so you can spice it up a little. I found the $7.50 pricetag a little pricey for what I got, but hey, I believe in good food in hole-in-the-wall places that dont cost you the earth.

2. Yakitori
2 chicken skewers served on a small bed of lettuce. Chicken was glazed with teriyaki sauce. The skewers were yummy, although I prefer a little bit more carbon from the grill on them...

3. Shishamo
An order gives you 3 of these roe-filled smelt fish. Yummy!

Overall, this place gets 3.0 glowsticks out of 5.0 from me.
Repeat: Yes, as I caught 'Eel hotpot' on the menu. They called it Kanazawa-nabe, probably due to where this specialty originates from. I'll be back for it! Oh yeah, one last thing: staff is entirely Japanese, likely family-run.

Enjoy!

 

[goodtime]

Lots of great Pho places

Just like it's hard to get a great bowl of ramen in Toronto, I think it's equally hard to get a bad bowl of pho. Anyone have a favourite?

Just have know where to look.

Ah, I miss Yoku-soba. I found two amazing Sushi buffet places that makes really fresh sushi as well as good soba. But I won't share as I frequent the places. Last thing I need is bumping into your guys sitting at the next table checking out my dining companion. I don't share my woman or food.

Raverboy, thanks for the review. I believe it is family run.

Esco, I prefer Sleeman honey brown.

 

[kt-ironman]

Good Raman Place in Downtown
-Tokyo Kitchen (Young & Wellesle) -open after 5:00pm
- Can't remeber the name (Young & Charles E)

Sawtow @ chinatown also a good place for chinese style street noodle

 

[shordy]

Raverboy: I forgot how pricey Kon Ichi Wa is... but yes, they do serve tasty food! Ah, school days!

Goodtime: I think I'll try that place on Yonge and Charles: for their Ramen... once more to the breach!

 

[ozeki22]

Friends, I feel for your ramen. We on the wet coast have a few decent choices, but still no excellent ramen. I've been considering opening one. How many would come for EXCELLENT ramen here in TO? If there is a market, I have killer recepies from the best in Japan.........

 

[raverboy]

bump!

So... the quest for ramen continues...

Picked up a copy of 'bits' - TO's Japanese magazine (think its a bi-weekly, available at various J-establishments around town. 3 advertisements inside mention ramen:

1. Double Happiness, 599 Bloor W.
I've been to this place, J-waitresses but the owner is either Korean or Chinese. Pretty good for their bentos during lunch. Apparently tonkatsu-ramen is only $5!

2. Otabe, 2326 Queen E.

3. Kenzo (as mentioned previously in this thread) 6180 Yonge, S. of Steeles.

If you try any of 'em out, wanna tell the rest of us about it?
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ozeki-kun, got the recipe for authentic kyushu ramen?

 

[flyingdgn]

Friends, I feel for your ramen. We on the wet coast have a few decent choices, but still no excellent ramen. I've been considering opening one. How many would come for EXCELLENT ramen here in TO? If there is a market, I have killer recepies from the best in Japan.........

There isn't a really good Ramen place in Toronto. Even a simple attempt at good Ramen is appreciated here.

If you could make real Ramen like they do in Japan I'll become a regular customer for sure!!

 

[ozeki22]

Raverman reply

Hai, arimasu. Though I prefer Sapporo style (plus miso) myself, I have pork & pork/chichen base soup recepies to start. The key ingredient overlooked by ALL but a miniscule few that makes ramen great is the mein (noodle). Most superior is hand made. I can do this too.

I welcome any more you all can tell me about the local Japanese scene here (if there is one?), particularly (but not exclusively) authentic (and not grossly overpriced) food.

 

[goodtime]

Ajisen @ Warden/Steeles & Yonge are both good. Reasonable close to real thing when in the mood for ramen. Sitting @ Yonge location is more comfort & more eye-candy.

Kenzo on a snowy day & you happen to be in the area. Eye candy reminds me of...

In the mood for noodles, see
https://terb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1969476#post1969476

 

[nominis]

Geeez this is an old thread to dredge up just for some soggy noodly broth thingy ...


What the hell is an Escohort anyways ?