Motomachi Shokudo - Bamboo-Charcoal Dark Miso Ramen

Accepted an impromptu invitation today to try Motomachi Shokudo. They have a variety of soup bases, including an intriguing Bamboo-Charcoal.

You get a pretty big bowl with lots of soup, so the volume you get is sort of comparable to a big bowl of pho. Pork tender but not melt-in-your-mouth tender. Still, overall, you get a rich and tasty soup, a generous amount of pork,and some interesting flavours to mix it up, including a tender boiled egg and seaweed.

As for the bamboo-charcoal, it definitely made the broth charcoal black, but in flavour I didn't get anything too special. Might be a nostalgia thing.

For $1.10 extra you can get extra noodle, and there's definitely enough soup to support more noodle. The soup alone will be filling but you could always super-size for $1.10.

Pretty small and cozy spot. We got in just at 6pm on a Friday and close to 7pm it still hadn't filled to any sort of lineup so for small parties a walk-in to the communal table is probably doable.

Free Telus WiFi from somewhere nearby, signal strong enough to connect.

CASH OR DEBIT ONLY and they gave us each a coupon for gyoza, half-size kimuchi, or 2 ramen toppings, with an order of ramen on our next visit.

2016-Nov-25 - Motomachi Shokudo - Bamboo-Charcoal Dark Miso Ramen

2016-Nov-25 - Motomachi Shokudo - standard condiments; chili flakes realy spicy-hot

2016-Nov-25 - Motomachi Shokudo - coupon I got after dinner

2016-Nov-25 - Motomachi Shokudo - stool with shelf to put your purse

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