Sunday, May 18, 2014

Mannen (Osaka-shi, Chūō-ku)

まんねん
Rating: 14/20

This ramen restaurant is easily recognizable by its 'happy pig' sign:


Which pig would not be happy to be eaten indeed?
I chose the toroniku ramen (とろ肉ラーメン), which seemed to feature some high quality meat (I’m picky about the quality of the meat - what’s the point of eating meat if it’s not excellent?).




Broth: A classical tonkotsu broth. Not bad, but not stellar.

Noodles: Thin noodles, mine were too soft - I should have ordered them katame.

Meat: There were many (too many!) thick pieces of meat with large cartilaginous part. I love cartilage, and I thought it was quite good. But really, that was too much.

Egg: Half an egg is included in this ramen, really nothing special.

Toppings: Very homogeneous menma (I could not feel the usual fibrous texture of menma), with a quite mild taste. Some white negi beautifully presented on top, with a little bit of spicy red sauce - interesting and tasty mix. Some green negi in the broth.

The strong asset of this bowl was really the meat - if you like collagen, you will like this. The rest was reasonably good, but not so special.

More information on ramendb
(here again, this is a chain, so you can find quite a few other restaurants in town)

Other reviews: Friends in ramen 1, Friends in ramen 2

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