http://www.menya.com.au
Much better the second time
The first and previous time I visited this place I had the terrible experience of finding a long wire in my ramen soup from possibly a cleaning brush I think or can. The chef was very apologetic and cooked me another one straight away although ever since I've been very reluctant to revisit. But I'm glad I have because today's catchup lunch with friends is a much better experience and everyone was very happy with their meals. It's a highly popular lunch spot so timing and luck is everything in grabbing a table. The Menya Ramen tonkotsu is much more to my liking than the Gumshara version which I found way to heavy in collagen but I know it has it's fans. Service is friendly and efficient and the Menya box deals seem to be pretty good value which I might try next time.
Other places visited for ramen:
• Menya Noodle Bar (11 Sept 2009)
• Condor Japanese Noodle Restaurant (30 April 2009)
• Ramen Kan (16 April 2009)
• Ramen Kan (15 April 2009)
• Ton Ton Japanese (26 March 2009)
• Ichi-ban Boshi Japanese Noodle Shop (9 March 2009)
Menya Ramen tonkotsu $9.90
Menya box Teriyaki chicken with green salad, rice and miso soup $10.90
Teriyaki chicken ramen miso $11.90
Teriyaki chicken ramen shuyo $11.50
6 comments:
Mmmmm it all looks so good. Glad you went back and gave them another chance : )
Agree with second chances. I like Menya City (as opposed to Menya Haymarket) but yes my tonkotsu heart belongs to Gumshara :)
Yum yum! The teriyaki chicken ramen with miso was good but shoyu would probably work better as a soup base, being lighter and all.
Friends rave about this and so I decided to try it when i was in Syd. To be honest I was a tad disappointed. The flavour was good but I felt a little too thirsty from the MSG.
If I do go back to Syd, I may give it another shot :)
hi brenda, i'm glad i gave it a second chance too, i think it's a good thing to try and do. usually the second time is much better if the first time was really bad, unless it's a really bad place, then there wouldn't be a third time.
hi aptronym, good luck with the Gumshara, i hope your arteries hold up ok :-)
hi madam wu, i think i might have preferred the shoyo as well as the soup base when i tried. thanks for suggesting the place
hi penny aka jeroxie, it's a pity about the MSG if it's used. I'm not sure if i'm affected too much by it but i do know friends that get headaches if they have MSG. so many places seem to use it if they don't say they don't i guess.
'@penny I think you should never set yourself up too much for food in Sydney. You never know what you're going to get on any particular day unless you're going to a reputable (starred) restaurant. Always go in with an open mind and hope to be surprised pleasantly :)
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