TLDR: very nice, light, tasty, complex and the ingredients were in a very nice harmony. However it wasn't very memorable
Snow monkey is a ramen that I heard many many people recommending. So I came here. I should have ordered one of their more different ramens. I thought I would be able to have two bowls so I started with the style I'm more familiar with, but the karaage portion made me too full 😅
Let's talk about the ramen
Broth:
This is one of the cleanest tonkotsu I've had. It was light, but very silky and smooth. tasted super nice. It had a shio tare with some mushroom and ocean components, so umami! It had a lot less aroma oil, I think their aroma oil has garlic. I just think that it missed a little of salt and also because it was a lighter tonkotsu, although it was complex, had many layers of flavor, it didn't have much pork taste and didn't have much presence.
Noodles:
Medium thickness medium hydration wheat noodles. It was a bit overcooked, too soft. Didn't have much texture, or presence, so it was a bit hidden by the broth.
Toppings:
Chashu: pork shoulder chasu, it was very nice, tender, had a good texture, very tasty flavor
Ajitama: it was pretty dark in color, but wasn't very salty much. It was very nice, was very concise with the soup
Menma: wow, it was my first time seeing homemade bamboo shoots in melbourne. It was soo good
Overall: for me, 8.5/10
Extra- karaage
Damn, that was one of the best karaages I've had
Super super well seasoned, had a lot of ginger, garlic, shoyu. Was super super juicy. It wasn't the crispiest karaages, but damn it was good!
by FreshBook8963