Pictured: Paitan - Chicken and pork broth, pork belly, soy marinated egg, scallion, ginger, nori ($13)
Broth: 3
Noodles: 4
Pork Belly (Chashu): 5+
Price: 3.5
Average score: 4.125
*On a scale from 1-5 with 5 being the best.
Notes: The best part...the pork belly slices! The (+) next to the 5 shows the temptation of rating the pork belly greater than 5 if it were not based on the current rating scale -- it was that good!! The pork belly was perfectly charred on the surface making each piece crispy as you bite into it and the meat quickly melted in your mouth as you penetrated into the deeper fatty layers. Probably the best slice of pork belly hands down! If only the chef can perfect or alter the broth a little bit because the ginger overpowered the broth. But in a way, the broth was too clean. The pork flavor barely tickled the tongue before the salt and ginger overtook the flavors.