http://www.tasteto.com/2009/11/25/the-timidity-of-liberty/ Food & Drink In Toronto Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:03:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.tasteto.com/2009/11/25/the-timidity-of-liberty/comment-page-1/#comment-2732 Roncesvaller Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:35:30 +0000 http://www.tasteto.com/?p=11927#comment-2732 I wish this place all the best, but they're going to have to really dig deep if they want to make a viable ramen shop. There's no shortage of "asian" noodles available in Toronto; to actually do ramen properly requires more of an education, which is a key reason why there are only a handful of successful shops in the city. When done properly, ramen is both a culinary and spiritual meal, something akin to how chicken soup works in North America. So to see the owners describe a ramen shop as "the new concept" on their website makes it look more like they were pursuing a new business idea rather than digging to understand what makes ramen so special. Again, I wish them all the best, as a city can't have too many good ramen shops, but they'll need to put in a lot of effort to make this work. I wish this place all the best, but they're going to have to really dig deep if they want to make a viable ramen shop. There's no shortage of "asian" noodles available in Toronto; to actually do ramen properly requires more of an education, which is a key reason why there are only a handful of successful shops in the city. When done properly, ramen is both a culinary and spiritual meal, something akin to how chicken soup works in North America. So to see the owners describe a ramen shop as "the new concept" on their website makes it look more like they were pursuing a new business idea rather than digging to understand what makes ramen so special. Again, I wish them all the best, as a city can't have too many good ramen shops, but they'll need to put in a lot of effort to make this work.

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