相當有風格的環境, 很有格調.
食物很高檔的樣子, 不過味道未有理想中的好.
勝在服務態度一流! 走到哪裏都有服務員跟你問好!!

I went here on their soft open on Friday 3/28. But before I begin, I
hope the 5 star reviews of the place before it even opened gets taken
off. Those should not be considered as reviews, more like ads for the
upcoming restaurant which is now fully opened.

On their soft
open, they had a huge crowd of people lining up waiting to try out
their ramen. I'm glad me and my friends went a bit early (7 ish). Since
a couple of my friends were showing up late, My 2 other friends and I
decide to order some side dishes first, as their menus don't have any
appetizer. We ordered the Kushi Katsu with Dips and a Tonkatsu
Coquette. The portions were so small you think you stepped into a
French restaurant.

Then when my other friends arrive, we
ordered another side dish, forgot what it was, just remembered that it
was again, small, so I ended up having a veggie from the dish instead
of the meat.

So let's get to the ramen. They had 5 different
ramens on their menu, we had 5 ppl there, so we ordered 1 of each. Each
ramen is at least $12 and tops off at $16.

 I like the Shiromaru classic, and the Akamaru modern,
both of a really delicious broth that tasted that great with the
 noodles. Its a bit more flavorful in salt than Rockmeisha, but nowhere
overboard like Men Kui Tei. I also like the cold noodle which had  the
broth served separately. I like the tangy spicy flavor of that broth.
The Shoyu ramen was the most lacking, as that's probably the cheapest
broth to make. Also, we should have definitely order $2 more worth of
noodles, as I was still hungry and really wanted dessert after wards.

I
got the Matcha Brulee (Creme Brulee w/ a green tea twist). For $7, you
get a Creme brulee with a side of ice cream that has slices of apple on
top. Of all the dishes, that's only one that you getting your money's
worth. I didn't even get into how much the side dishes cost earlier
($12). The Matcha Brulee was quite delicious, and it was a saving grace
for Ippudo.

Overall, the restaurant is nice, has a very good
ambiance, but the food was quite expensive (except for the dessert),
especially for its location (a few blocks off St. Marks). You can
easily hop on over to other Japanese restaurants in the area and get a
much bigger portion. Also, on their website, they say "Ramen is Japan's
soul food." Well, how do they explain themselves for charging $12 - $16
for
a bowl of ramen when the ingredients are probably 1/10 of that cost?

P.S.
Don't forget they charge $6 per beer. Is this St. Marks or midtown? The
bill came out to $180 w/ tip for 5 people. That's quite steep for a
ramen shop.

I been here few times, first time is before the grand opening. and other times is bring by friends. the place is nice, the service is good. Ramen is good compare to lot of Japanese restaurants. However, the price of the food is kinda expensive. for one bow of ramen cost over $10 it just not worth the food. maybe for many of your rich people are okay. I said is okay to come here on special occasion, but not here in general time.

好久以前，就聽朋友提濄東村新開一家棒的不得了的拉麵館，曾經路濄幾次，每次都看到滿滿的人在門外排隊，所以機緣便擦身而濄，今天春光明媚又很早下班，想不如去東村逛逛吧！六點正到了一風堂門口，還好，還沒客滿，漂亮的帶位妹妹讓我們坐在開放式餐檯上，一邊享受美食，一邊欣賞大廚們忙碌的雕塑他們的美食作品。

話說，這一風堂可是在日本小有歷始的連鎖拉麵館，創立於一九八五年的博多，創始人河原成美是一九九七年日本電視第一屆拉麵職人冠軍，之後又達成三連霸，名聲響當當。紐約分店的裝潢一看就下了一番功夫，一進門口的吧臺就很有特色, 大紅的牆上掛滿了日本各地拉麵店家使用的麵碗, 吧臺的玻璃桌面下，更是用無數泡麵的麵條組合出來的！

一風堂最有名的就是豚骨拉麵。當然今天我就要嚐嚐它的招牌拉麵（見圖）。說實話，我以前吃拉麵很不喜歡它的湯，因為都好死鹹，不知道為什麼日本人愛暍這麼鹹的湯。但這一風堂的豚骨麵湯頭， “赤丸新味”，在菜單上解釋是白丸味的“進化“版, 也就是多加了一匙黑色的醬料,醬料應該是醬油再加上很多辛香料組成的, 加了醬之後的湯頭又別有一番風味,整個湯的口味變得很溫和，一端上來就撲鼻香味，濃濃稠稠豬大骨熬煮至泛白的濃湯，再加上鮮脆的高麗菜葉，海帶，豚骨肉片，再撒上綠綠的滿滿一碗蔥花兒，配上漂亮的大紅碗，光視覺上我就飽足了。當然，那細細的拉麵彈勁十足，一口拉麵，一口湯，忍不住便學起日本人唏喱忽魯的吃起麵來，哇！那叫一個爽。附帶一提的是我也點了一道頭盤，是炸鯊魚肉，日本人的‘天婦羅’是有名的，那酥炸鯊魚肉吃起來咬勁十足，再沾上大廚特製美奶滋和辣椒粉，好吃的不得了，是下酒絕佳好菜。

不濄，這兩碗拉麵外加一碟小食，連小費一個人就要＄25美元。荷包不夠滿的人得想想再進這店了。當然，我也看到好多上班族，都是一個人匆匆來，吃一碗拉麵便又匆匆走了，如果花上＄15元，買上一晚的口頰留香，我想這成本是劃得來的吧！

一行入去就即刻聽到全部員工一齊好有氣勢地同啱啱入場嘅客人打招呼
店內裝修好靚, 環境好好

我地3個人都係第一次慕名而來, 梗係問下有咩好食
佢第一個介紹嘅係"辣椒" 

借用ryo張相


我食完之後覺得冇咩特別, 唔喇, 有椒味咁. 我以為佢地食得好開心之際.
大佬就開聲了"記得返去ANYPK講推介唔好叫呢個"

跟住嗌咗個雞翼, 我稱佢做"蜜糖炸雞翼", 都係冇乜特別

等咗一輪, 拉面嚟了, 我地嗌咗兩個白丸拉面, 一個赤丸拉面
根據英文解釋, 白丸係豬骨濃湯, 赤丸係... 唔記得咗...

食落口, 啲面幾彈, 
湯部份ryo話, "好濃"; 我個人覺得, "好鹹"
食面還可以, 如果要飲湯我只能一啖起兩啖止

我地6:30pm去到, 現場坐爆好在唔洗等位
到我地走嗰陣門口已經塞滿曬等位嘅人
呢間嘢冇定位, 如果晚飯時間去. 就預啲時間等位喇

埋單$30/位