The best ramen in Hong Kong – MIST
Am never a big fan of ramen, i’d rather have a bowl of rice (as i am a 飯桶)!! Yet this restaurant really surprised me!!
Had dinner with my friend Mr. G at a ramen restaurant MIST at causeway bay last night for a bit of catch up as i’ve been soo busy with projects these days. Mr. G is a very wai sik person and he knows a lot of good restaurant,cheap and expensive. He often takes me to great restaurant but i would say this one is really the best!!!
It’s a “Creative ramen restaurant” (創作麵工房), so the chef don’t really need to “follow” any of the recipe of ramen in different parts of japan, but simply following what he thinks makes the best ramen!!
It’s located right next to the minibus stop i used to take home (no. 28) and the interior design doesn’t look like a ramen store, but more of a western restaurant more.
Colour scheme: Wine and a bit of gold.
Let’s talk about the food that amazed me soo much! We ordered:
- Warm “Chiba” Pork Salad (千葉縣幸福麥猪沙律)
- Bake Mushroom (香焗日本蘑菇)
- Ume Shio Rahmen (梅‧鹽味拉麵) + Egg
- Karamiso (辣蔥味噌拉麵) + Egg
- CHABUYA WHITE ALE (啤酒)
The Pork salad came first and it looks very ordinary. After tasting the pork, it’s extraordinarily good!!!!
The pork was grilled?? You can taste the aroma of some very special salt. And the piece of pork just melted in your mouth!!! Incredibly delicious! The amazing part also comes in the sauce, although it looks quite plain, it’s actually quite strong, goes very well with the pork and those vegis! The favourite dish of the night!
As a big fan of all kinds of mushrooms, i am more interested in this dish more than the ramen, when it arrived, i was quite amazed by the look of it!
They used bread crums to bake with the mushrooms, they are quite light yet absorbed the sauce and so very delicious! It’s very special!!
Finally, our main dish – ramen. I like ramen in soup with rather strong taste, so i choose the spicy miso soup whereas my friend choose the salty soup with a piece of plum.
His ramen looks a bit lighter but he said the soup is very good.
And here’s mine, i love those japanese spring onions and here’s how they descirbe it:
用少量辣椒引出日本長蔥特有的香辣味，是MIST的成功示範作。日本長蔥的特性是初切時會散發一種獨特的香辣氣味，但經熱湯蒸薰後，會漸漸在香辣蔥味中滲出甜味，配合味感較濃的味噌湯拉麵，味道轉變的過程使人猶如發現新大陸，舌頭的經歷充滿驚喜。
Besides the soup, the egg and the pork (叉燒) in the bowl is the real deal!! The egg is half done, with very strong taste of fresh eggs!! It’s really the best too!! And the叉燒 is half fat/slim, again melts in your mouth!!
This restaurants originates from tokyo situated in Omotesando Hills with long queues. So, luckily that we dont need to wait here in Hong Kong!!
This is really one of the best ramen restaurant in Hong Kong and i still cannot stop thinking about the taste of the Chiba pork. The only bad thing is that it’s really quite expensive!! So go when you have enough money in your pocket!!
Finally thanks Mr. G for treating me such a wonderful dinner!
You can read visit the official website or read a bit more here and here on other people’s words on this restaurant.
