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Ramen GAOH

My friend introduced me to Ramen GAOH today in Burnaby near Hastings and Willingdon. Really impressed by the deliciousness and filling portion for a decent price! Some noodle orders come with an optional extra order of noodles, included in the price. Some vegan options.



My friend got the Scorpion Ramen (slide 1 -- $17.50) which was a slightly lighter bowl of noodles but still a fair portion. Based on his previous visits, he suggested the Tsukemen, and we tried the fried rice, which comes with instructions at the table for what to do.

Spicy Tsukemen (slides 2-3 -- $18.95)
  • Tsukemen is house-made thick noodles in special dipping soup with pork chunks. Comes with karaage (deep fried chicken) or chashu. Noodles can be hot or cold.
  • Spicy Tsukemen is tossed in house-made spicy sauce that contains ground pork.
    • I didn't find the spicy sauce particularly spicy. It doesn't come pre-tossed so if you find it too spicy you could spoon it aside. Or if you already mixed it into your noodles, you could try washing the lot in the "dipping soup" provided.
  • Also had half a boiled egg, a square of seaweed, and some pickled vegetable.
  • Apparently you dip the noodles into the soup before you eat it but I didn't find it particularly efficient and just threw all my noodles into the sauce. The noodles did not try to sponge up the sauce and become mushy but instead remained al dente.
  • The dipping soup on its own is on the salty side but also deeply flavourful and worth finishing up for the small pork chunks.
  • Overall a very flavourful and delicious bowl, with a generous and filling portion of noodle.
Teppanyaki Fried Rice Combo (slides 4+ -- $9.95)
  • Sizzling hot plate with Japanese style fried rice. Topped with diced pork, green onion, butter, and garlic.
  • The fried rice is very tasty and price for portion is okay. Mostly however this was a fun interactive novelty: There are instructions at the table for pouring the beaten egg into the hot dish and stirring your rice into the cooking egg.
  • Considering it was delicious I think the price for portion is okay. Works nicely as an appetizer to share.
Open from 11.30am, no reservations.










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