4 Sun Wui Road, Causeway Bay Tel: 2881 5006 Open: Monday-Friday noon-3pm, 6pm-11pm, Saturday noon-11pm, Sunday noon-10pm
Cuisine: Ramen (or rahmen, as it's spelled on the menu).
Price: About HK$160 without drinks and before adding the service charge.
Ambience: It's a small restaurant, with a few tables and some counter seating on two sides of the open kitchen. The modern decor contrasts with the traditional menu, which, like many in Japan, is quite limited (which we don't mind). Other than ramen with a choice of five soup bases, there are just two salads and a few appetisers and desserts. The staff-to-customer ratio is quite high so service is attentive.
Pros: The soup bases, pork and boiled egg.
Cons: We all thought our noodles were too soft, which is a serious drawback for a ramen shop. The warm Chiba pork salad (HK$80) was a good idea for a dish because the bitterness of the mixed greens - which include dandelion, radicchio and rocket - tempers the richness of the fatty pork. But it suffered from being overdressed - the excessive amount of grated onion overwhelmed the meat.