I have known about the Ramen Butcher ever since it opened about 2 years ago now. I’ve heard great things about it but have never been able to get myself over there because I’m never in the area. But mother deer and I were in the neighbourhood one day so we decided to make a quick stop at Ramen Butcher for lunch.
Ramen Butcher interior
Upon entering the almost industrial-looking restaurant, you are greeted with a giant picture of a pig with all it’s cuts pointed out for you. This suits the “butcher” vibe they have going on.
Menu
Lucky for us, we came at the perfect time because we were seated right away and a line started to form once we were seated. we were then handed their standard menu and their monthly specials.
We decided to get both the monthly specials and share them between the two of us. I’m used to being able to choose how “rich” my broth is so it was interesting to have it as it should be prepared. We got to choose fatty or lean chasu though and we went with lean.
Ginger ramen
The ramen noodles in the ginger ramen had the thickness of spaghetti and the broth was very rich and fatty. I was really looking forward to having strong ginger flavor in there because I love ginger but it was lacking in that department. We both agreed that if we hadn’t known it was a “ginger ramen” we wouldn’t of been able to guess it.
Tsukemen
Unlike the ramen, tsukemen is a dipping noodle. The soup comes on the side and you need to dip the noodles into the soup prior to eating them. There was a card on the side of the table to teach you how to eat tsukemen properly!
The broth for the tsukemen is much more concentrated than the one for the ramen. We both found it to be quite salty so we asked for some soup broth to help water it down. The noodles for the tsukemen was a little thicker than the ramen soup noodles so it was nice to experience both types.
Kadema!
We enjoyed the ramen noodles so much that we asked for a refill of them! We would of both asked for refills but we were too full for that otherwise we would of for sure! Yes, here at ramen butcher, the first refill of noodles is free so dont’ forget to save some broth!
And for topping your ramen, there’s a fresh sesame grinder! I’m not a huge fan of sesame but I couldn’t stop using this thing! It was so fun to use!
