2. Muku (I)

My overall score: 4.1/5
Preston’s overall score: 4.0/5

Ordered:

Tonkotsu Chashu (12.30 +1.00 for extra pork fat)
Kuro-ton ($9.50)

Lining up outside!! Keeners~

Inside… on the right side

Tonkotsu Chashu

Kuro-ton (topped with lean and fatty pork [lol it’s buried!], green onion, bean sprouts with a charred garlic black soup

The soup is so nice and hot that it fogged up glasses hehe

We decided to have a trip to Calgary and this was the first place we wanted to try! We’re the first customers for the day!! If you’re looking for a more authentic place for ramen, this is a nice place to try! They have pork fat soup and even the ramen where you put in cubes of butter and mix it in the hot soup!

Presentation: 3.7/5
Around average, but I like how they actually carefully laid out the Naruto (that’s what they called those pink swirly things lol) as opposed to some places that just throw it in.

Health: 3.8/5
I guess they can do a vegetarian option if you just asked for no meat. And you would probably want to choose miso soup or maybe even the Kuro-ton where mine is charred garlic.
I was a bit disappointed that it wasn’t black garlic (which I love), it adds a whole new depth to flavour and has so many health benefits haha, though I guess it’s taste is not for everyone.
There’s just a little bit more oil than eating at Nudoru, but given that we both ordered oil/fat soups.. so can’t really say! ><” We ordered pretty unhealthy dishes…

Atmosphere/location: 4.3/5
We don’t live in Calgary so it’s hard to say how convenient they think it is. But It was pretty easy for us to find when we used a GPS. But their sign is quite easy to miss, and you may see the Globefish Japanese restaurant first instead.
People poured in quite quickly after we came in. There’s mainly 2 people seating, bar seating, and a few 4 seat tables!
Decor was kind of random sticking on Japanese items around, but it’s cute haha. Reminds me of those local ramen places we find in some random alley in Japan.

Cost: 4.6/5
Taking taste and how filling it was in account, I think the price is really good compared to other places!

Taste: 4.4/5
–Kuro-ton: In the picture above I showed how the noodles are! I wish i took a picture of the Nudoru to compare. This was a bit more limp and soft (the texture is like eating cooked packaged ramen you get in stores). I’m NOT saying it’s bad haha, just letting you know the texture. Definitely reminded me of some ramen places in Japan we ate. Charred garlic tastes like.. charred garlic haha. The thing that I was disappointed was that the pork was really dry and it had no flavour.

–Tonkotsu Chashu: Preston absolutely loved this (he says he likes it better than Shiki Menya, but each to their own :p). Very generous with the pork fat bits (it’s broken down in small pieces, so each scoop of the soup has flavour! (You can click on the picture in the gallery above to see it)

Service: 3.6/5
Around average, but wasn’t too friendly feeling at first. Even though we were the first to get seated, they helped the other tables first and gave them their water. (not sure if we just looked like kids… but when they saw me taking pictures of the food though, there was a change in behaviour for service though).