When I got to the Food Plaza at 12:00pm, there was already a mass of people waiting around just to get their order in. I was told I would need to wait for 30 mins for my bowl of ramen. It's no surprise - it was $85 for a bowl of ramen with Japanese BBQ pork, or $108 for ramen + side salad + BBQ pork rice or chicken gyoza. Pictured is the shio (salt) soup ramen with the BBQ pork rice and side salad.
I didn't care much for the salad or the BBQ pork rice - I went straight for the ramen. The ramen looked good, but, as my sister also pointed out, there could be a bit more soup. It had the standard topping of bamboo, BBQ pork, green onion and chives. My first bite of the noodle - unfortunately disappointing. It was like the noodles were covered in a thin layer of slime, and the noodles were overcooked.
I have a habit of ordering the shio soup because that's the best way to taste the quality of the broth. If you get the miso or shoyu soups, the miso/shoyu mask the essence of the ingredients. MIST puts 25+ ingredients and more than 12hrs of stove time into their soup. The soup was clean and delicate, but not enough to redeem the noodles. The egg was not as remarkable as the Wakayama egg because the yolk was cooked through, and I like having a slightly runny yolk.
The BBQ pork rice was plain. It was just the pork on top of rice, so it felt like to separate components in the same bowl. The pork was a bit on the dry side too. There was nothing noteworthy about the salad.
Having written this blog post, I have not ruled out going to MIST in the near future. I have a feeling that not being on home base and the overwhelming number of orders may have thrown Mr. Morizumi and his staff off their game. This won't be a reason next time; look out for a future MIST blog post!
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