more good food

 I fear that I might be getting in a rut here, writing about restaurants so often, but I feel that I really must share this experience.

A friend and I had lunch today at a Japanese restaurant called Ichiddo Ramen.  It's on Coldwater Road in case you're interested.  We started with drinks - Classic Black Milk Tea with tapioca beads, then on to appetizers.  We shared an order of calamari (chewy but yummy) and an order of very tasty short ribs.  

Then on to the main course.  The portions were beyond ample, we both ended up taking some home.  My friend had fried rice which did look delicious, but I decided to be a little more adventurous.  I had the beef ramen which was served as a soup with a delicious broth.  In addition to beef the dish contained mushrooms, fungus, green onion, noodles, corn, other vegies and excellent seasoning.  It wasn't hot and spicy, just very very good.  We decided against dessert although there were some very tempting looking ones on the menu.  

That was another thing I appreciated.  Each item on the menu had a picture beside it.  Even though the menu was all in English, I thought the pictures were helpful. For example, one of the ingredients listed in several dishes was a "half cooked egg" but the picture clearly showed half of a hard boiled egg (obviously thoroughly cooked).

All in all a fine fun place to eat.  I hope this encourages you to try it.