Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Genki Tonkotsu Ramen ♥ ♥ ♥

 

Even before all this ramen craze began, this humble, low-profile shop along Macapagal has been serving good tonkotsu ramen.

 

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Genki Tonkotsu Ramen

 

 

The menu is simple with four kinds of ramen made with special sauce and pork bone broth that is boiled for over three-fourths of a day.

It also has the usual ramen appetizer pairings like:

 

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Gyoza

 

 

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Karaage

 

 

We tried three of the four ramen varieties - shio (salt), shoyu (soy), and pirikara (spicy). Skipped the Yasai Ramen because, well, vegetables are boring! :P

We ordered everything "special," which means every bowl came with chasiu, negi, nori, kikurage, and aji tamago.

The Japanese-style eggs were perfectly done, with yolks thick, runny and gooey.

And the tonkotsu broth did taste like what the menu promised it to be - boiled for over 18 hours.

It was creamy, porky, sticky, velvety.

 

 

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Shio Tonkotsu Ramen Special

 

 

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Shoyu Tonkotsu Ramen Special

 

 

I didn't quite like the spicy variant. It tasted so Chinese.

 

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Pirikara Ramen Special

 

 

So I guess it was not really a surprise to see that Genki also has a few Chinese dishes in their menu like siomai, shrimp siomai, spring rolls, etc. etc.

We thought it was funny, but couldn't resist an order of...

 

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Tofu with Minced Meat and Chili Sauce

 

 

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And everyone's childhood fantasy, Sweet and Sour Pork :P

 

 

I am gonna train and go back for this:

 

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2.5 kilos of ramen in 25 minutes

 

 

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This guy did it in 10 minutes 38 seconds

 

 

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 Ima beat you soon, Mister. Watch and weep.

 

Genki Tonkotsu Ramen: Hobbies of Asia, PX06 Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, Pasay. Tel: +632 552 2698