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2013-02-12
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We wanted noodles without having to queue up at the food court & then carrying steaming bowls of soup while looking for seats at dinner time. So we went into Ajisen just expecting to have noodles served to us. When we had no expectations we should not be disappointed right? Ajisen proved us wrong. The zealous waitress hard-sold their set meal so we ended up having side dishes to go with our ramen. I ordered the ChaSho Ramen with ebi fry as my side dish while my dinner-mate had the hotate ramen w
We wanted noodles without having to queue up at the food court & then carrying steaming bowls of soup while looking for seats at dinner time. So we went into Ajisen just expecting to have noodles served to us. When we had no expectations we should not be disappointed right? Ajisen proved us wrong. The zealous waitress hard-sold their set meal so we ended up having side dishes to go with our ramen. I ordered the ChaSho Ramen with ebi fry as my side dish while my dinner-mate had the hotate ramen with gyoza side dish. The iced green tea was tasteless, like drinking iced water. It was free flow but we didnt even finish a glass of it. The gyoza was nice but ebi fry was forgettable - the oil was not properly drained after deep drying.The soup is supposed to be one of the highlights of paying top dollar for noodle soup. Ajisen's soup failed miserably - the soup was watery, topped by a repulsive layer of oil and was unbearably salty. It was so bad we could not even finish a spoonful of the soup & had to reach for our iced tea. It took a while before the foreign waitress brought us a glass of lukewarm water to moderate the excessive sodium level in the soup (we had asked for hot water). Ramen was ok, thick noodles were served unlike some other ramen shops that offer customers a choice of thick or thin noodles. My companion said the tiny hotate were bland, overcooked & had rubbery texture. Looking for the hotate was like a treasure hunt. My chasho ramen was slightly better, the chasho was not bad but sliced thinly. Ajisen does not serve onsen egg with their ramen - only half a plain hardboiled egg per bowl.
Overall a very disappointing meal - overpriced & poor quality from a specialist ramen chain.
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