<![CDATA[Rameniacs Rejoice: Ippudo Hits NYC - Gridskipper Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gridskipper.com.png <![CDATA[Rameniacs Rejoice: Ippudo Hits NYC - Gridskipper Comments]]> http://gridskipper.com Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:16:15 EDT Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:16:15 EDT http://gridskipper.com/369658/rameniacs-rejoice-ippudo-hits-nyc <![CDATA[Rameniacs Rejoice: Ippudo Hits NYC]]> http://gridskipper.com/369658/rameniacs-rejoice-ippudo-hits-nyc#c5000312 I arrived early at 5pm today to beat the long line.
I had the Shiomaru ramen and the soup base turned me off right away.
It tasted like concentrated liver soup pairing with hakata ramen served with 2 tiny small dry slices of roast pork for $13.
I also had the shrimp with asparagas appetizer and it was not very tasty for a stir-fry dish. They added avocado that was already exposed to the air and turned black, green/red peppers, and tossed with a light sweet mayo sauce on top of fried ramen noodles for $12.
I sat near the counter and saw everything they were doing and was not pleased with what I saw.
The turnip and pork belly were placed in a plastic container and microwaved, then served to customers.
One Japanese cook was making the sauce for 2 steak dishes on the stovetop, tasted the sauce from the pan with the spoon, then use the same spoon to swirl around the sauce in the pan and then he spread the sauce over the steaks.
The shrimp was all pre-cooked and placed in a ice water bath(no wonder the shrimp dish I had did not have any flavor; it was all washed out). They even microwaved sushi roll that was taken from the fridge, cut to 6 pieces, then microwaved with plastic wraps to warm, then served to customers with a mayo sauce topping.
If they are planning to have an open kitchen, they should be careful not to show too much of their cooking methods to their customers. I will go back in a few days to try their shio ramen before I pass final judgement. Nobody ever mess up Shio ramen before.
Menchanko Tei also serve the same type of hakata noodles and their broth was more tastier.










edgarsle

]]> 5:369658:c5000312 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:16:15 EDT <![CDATA[Rameniacs Rejoice: Ippudo Hits NYC]]> http://gridskipper.com/369658/rameniacs-rejoice-ippudo-hits-nyc#c4828889 What, no soft-ice-cream ramen?
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natgeotravelina

]]> 5:369658:c4828889 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:06:06 EDT <![CDATA[Rameniacs Rejoice: Ippudo Hits NYC]]> http://gridskipper.com/369658/rameniacs-rejoice-ippudo-hits-nyc#c4779558 I need a salt discussion first though the concept is wonderful.

belltolls

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