Shalala Spicy Miso (by me)

At the time I tweeted:

Shalala Ramen verdict: Spicy Miso YUM. Shio not so much. Gyoza perfect. 4/5 ****

Ramen tweets are Very Serious business round these parts so I got a lot of responses, which I was too stuffed to respond to. So I’ll take them all on now that (five days later) my head has cleared.

@aktse: the spicy very spicy? I usually go for the non-spicy, but your ramen-fu is very strong and I trust it.

It is quite well balanced — my gold standard here is the tantan-men at Kahoo and this is slightly less fiery than that but still brings a pleasing heat.

@slonie: Hmm… I had the shio, and (snob) Saw no reason to return. I’ll go back and try the spicy miso. Maybe.

I got the Shio for gunnar and neither of us liked it. But the rest of us at the table with the spicy miso powered it down. The cha-shu was not super wonderful (Gold standard: Kakuni at Maru Ichi) but I thought it was pretty tasty.

@skid: the mystery meat fish cake swirl always scares me away. Otherwise looks delicious!

See, I grew up in Honolulu and can easily take down a whole package of Kamaboku straight out of the freezer. Yum.

@nekoball: My verdict was the opposite on both counts. #reverseworld? #offday? #differenceintaste?

dunno.