Hokkaido Ramen Santouka

Left Chicagoland some years ago with beautiful memories of slurping delicious Santouka ramen in the bitter cold winters. Returned for a visit recently and headed there excitedly. Was elated to see my favourite cute little stall still standing strong in Mitsuwa food court. I had the spicy miso ramen with pork cheeks on the side. Sadly we were extremely disappointed with the pork cheeks being really tough, had gristles/stringy and dry. It was completely different from what I remembered years ago with the slightly sweet, melt-in-your-mouth texture. I believe they used quality Iberico pork back then. It doesn’t seem the case anymore. Noodles were ok.. broth was ok-ish nothing I would come back f...

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Expected the long wait to order and even the long wait for food. Didn’t expect to curtly be called liars by the girl with brown curly hair at the counter because we didn’t have the small slip of paper with ticket number on it (we only received the receipt the customers after us oddly got our ticket and theirs too). Ramen was decent but eggs with the combo were over cooked.

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My favorite place Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Spicy Miso Parking space Somewhat difficult to find parking Parking options Free parking lot

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Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 3 Recommended dishes: Rice Bowl, Spicy Miso

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Pretty good ramen in Chicago area. Food: 5 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 3

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