Dohatsuten has been around Palo Alto for a long time. Recently there are a few new ramen restaurants opening around Palo Alto- Nagi, Orenchi in RWC. How does Dohatsuten stack up?
I got the Dohatsuten ramen, which is a tonkotsu-based ramen with char siu, stewed pork and half an egg with spicy chili oil. Noodle was fine. The tonkotsu broth was a bit thin and watery, and had less of the full-body the other two have. Its said to be Nagoya style ramen. The stewed pork was flavored strongly and didn’t quite assimilate with the rest of the components. The noodle was al dente.
Overall, the ramen was ok, but didn’t compare with Orench or Nagi. Its significantly cheaper and it was not full on a weeknight. The ramen here works if there is a strong craving for ramen and there is no desire to line up. Though it probably works better to just go to Nagi later in the service.
LOL. The Six-fifty lauds Yu-Gen as their 10 best in the Peninsula.
I haven’t been. I avoided them because they had both izakaya and ramen in their name. And I almost thought I should give them a visit because of that article.
Don’t know how experienced the article’s writers are but I stand by my opinion. I actually tried it twice thinking my first experience was perhaps a fluke. But the second visit confirmed that it was that bad.
With a proliferation of ramen joints, all it takes for me is a meh assessment from others, e.g. you, to defer visiting. There are just too many choices around. A negative assessment? I will just eat my $1 Nissin at home instead.
