ramen

In my pursuit to find tasty bowls of ramen in the Toronto food scene, I think back to when all that the city had was two out-of-the-way Ajisen Ramen joints. I celebrated when the third downtown location opened at Spadina and Dundas; even though it served just slightly above cup ramen quality noodles (no disrespect to cup ramen intended), it was Japanese ramen with similar ingredients as a Japanese salaryman might order and get in a similar-looking restaurant in Sapporo.

With that in mind, I had marked expectations for one of the newest ramen shops in town: Santouka Ramen, by the corner of Church and Dundas.

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