We had a few spare hours inwards the CBD on a Sabbatum and, rather than returning to Shandong Mama for soundless roughly other circular of scallion pancakes, figured it was fourth dimension nosotros got on board Melbourne’s latest nutrient obsession: ramen. The Little Ramen Bar is 1 of a handful of places that induce got all of Melbourne reminiscing close all the expert times they’ve had inwards Nippon (see also: Menya Ramen, dumpling focussed neighbour, it regularly draws queues out the door.
Things were busy but non flood when nosotros visited at 1ish on a Saturday. We were drawn at that spot past times the veg-friendliness of its menu, amongst 1 vegetarian ramen as well as 4 other dishes that tin live on rejigged to take the pork or fish stock. Vegans induce got options too, but volition bespeak to live on clear – most of the ramen come upward amongst egg past times default. You tin customise your soup a chip too, past times adding diverse bonus ingredients (e.g. kim chi ($3), garlic bombs ($1), corn ($1) etc) as well as at that spot are a few other non-soup dishes to select from (e.g. fried rice, edamame, gyoza, all $5.90).
We stuck to the soup menu, amongst Cindy going for Taku’s vegetarian ramen (built on a broth amongst miso, spices as well as rice wine, topped amongst edible bean sprouts, seaweed, bamboo shoots as well as a seasoned egg, $10.90).
Cindy was real impressed past times her soup - rich as well as flavoursome, amongst the seaweed adding a overnice oceanic flavour to the base of operations as well as the bamboo shoots as well as sprouts keeping the textures interesting.
I couldn’t resist the give-and-take ‘spicy’ as well as ordered the vego version of the spicy miso ramen (a miso-heavy base of operations amongst cabbage, bound onions as well as an egg, $12.50).
This was merely okay – the soup itself had a expert chilli boot as well as a rigid miso flavour as well as the noodles were springy as well as delicious, but the toppings otherwise were pretty limited. The egg was delicious, but the cabbage chunks as well as raw shallots didn’t actually stone my the world – I was craving roughly to a greater extent than diversity (tofu? dumplings? I’m non sure).
I must confess to non actually agreement all the excitement close ramen. It’s essentially a pretty basic noodle soup as well as has never excited me equally much as, say, laksa. I suspect that, equally amongst pho, business office of the termination is that we’re vegetarian. Reading reviews of Melbourne’s many novel ramen places the words “pork” as well as “fat” seem an awful lot, suggesting that perchance the fundamental attributes of a expert ramen were unlikely to plough upward inwards also many vego versions. Still, Little Ramen Bar was worth a see – the nutrient is decent, the service super efficient as well as the prices reasonable. I wouldn’t queue here, but dropping inwards for dejeuner on a Sabbatum is definitely worthwhile.
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Just Sweet as well as Sour Fork, Missy Ness' Food Train of Thought, Melbourne Delicatesses, kit & kafoodle, Melbourne Patron, Petit Miamx, Eat And Be Merry, For Tomorrow We Die(t), Yellow Eggs, melbourne gastronome, Vic's Blog, Mr & Ms, aqcnaneng, EveLovelle as well as Nona Tukang Makan, The Very Very Hungry Caterpillar as well as Gluttony Fair were less impressed.
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Little Ramen Bar
346 Little Bourke St, Melbourne
9670 5558
Menus: drinks, starters as well as sides, ramen, ramen toppings
http://www.littleramenbar.com.au/
Accessibility: The entryway is flat, but things are super crowded inside, amongst a mix of depression as well as high tables. Orders are taken at the tabular array as well as nosotros paid at a high counter. We didn't see the toilets.
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