This ramen house distinguishes itself through both the noodles and the service. Even though the staff is incredibly busy, they will hold the door open for you as you walk into the restaurant. Then, while you are eating, they always remember to ask if you need anything else or any extra noodles. Finally, when you pay and leave they all shout out their appreciation and hold the door open for you as you walk out. The staff is always friendly and fast and the noodle master is always diligently engrossed in his craft. All of this, which you would never get at a typical ramen place.

Again, at such a busy place, who would think a restaurant has time to care about how much oil, how much soup base, and how soft you want your noodles. Much less keep track of all the toppings you want and all the things you might want left out. Yet at this place, all of that is encouraged through their ordering sheet (for the lack of a better term) that they give you once you sit down to order. And through the dozens of times ive eaten here, each time soft noodles means a precisely soft texture. Each time heavy soup base means the soup will be exactly this salty. Ive never even felt the slightest lapse in precision each time ive been here.

The soup base is flavorful and the noodles taste great regardless of how hard or soft you want it. Now, the only knock one might find at this restaurant is if they prefer their pork slices (that come with every ramen) to come from a fattier and more tender portion. But overall, this ramen house serves up some quality food with great service at reasonable prices.

By the way, extra noodles at this ramen house are under a buck, and you can get extra noodles as many times as you want. So if you are really hungry or have a sudden fondness of carbs and disregard to everything Aktins, this place is the place to go!

Dining at hotels are always uneasy at best. One doesn’t know if the prices have been jacked up as a reflection of the quality of the hotel or the restaurant itself.

Put your fears at ease. Bambu is a quiet restaurant tucked behind the lobby of the Fairmont hotel. All the dishes prepared at the bambu restaurant are of the freshest ingredients and the finest quality. The chef’s here really pay attention to tenderness and texture throughout all the dishes. Presentation is clean and elegant, and desserts usually come with creative and very dynamic garnishes.

A great place for nigiri lovers and an even better place for wasabi connessuiers.

The restaurant practices a “trust me” style where the owner and chef of the restaurant hand picks and makes nigiri for you until you are full. If you wish to pick nigiri a la carte from a menu you may still do so, but you must sit at a table and not the sushi bar.

The portions here are small and expensive. Yet the sushi here is amazingly fresh most of the time. Many items come ever so slightly marinated in a ponzu type marinade. This marinade is mostly transparent; all of the flavor of the fish can still be tasted. What the marinade does do is help in delivering the tenderness and the freshness of the fish to your palate.

The food itself is something that everyone must experience. The only reason the restaurant is not five stars is due to the small portions of the nigiri served here. Furthermore, when the restaurant is busy, the food is delivered to you at a snail’s pace. This is because the owner himself makes all the sushi he serves.