604 Just Eat: Japanese Cuisine @ Jinya Ramen Bar

April 29th, 2016

Jinya Ramen Bar @ Kerrisdale

Food:  3.5/5   Service:  3.5/5   Atmosphere:  4/5   Price:  Avg. $30 person

Jinya Ramen @ the heart of Kerrisdale is their second location in Vancouver.  We have been waiting to try this location since they opened, we saw the long queue each time we drove by which driving me big interest to come a bowl of ramen.  The line up was shorter tonight and the waiting time was around 20 minutes which was not bad.  Unlike other ramen joints, Jinya has more tapas and dishes options.  Ramen wise, I really like the texture of the noodles especially the thick ones, chewy and al dente!  For the Tonkotsu broth, the broth is less rich and flavors compared with other joints.  It was a good news for people who likes less heavy and thick broth.

We sat by the bar, open kitchen.

Cheers!!!

Tapas - Brussels Sprouts Tempura w/ Truffle Oil @ $6.20

Very interesting tapas!  The tempura was great, light crispy on the outside with the flavors of truffle oil, delicious!

Tapas - Pork Gyoza @ $7.80

Tasted like Chinese gyoza from the frozen packs at stores and pretty oily.  
Not recommended.

Green Salad

# 1 Jinya Tonkotsu Black @ $13.80

pork broth: pork chashu, kikurage, green onion, nori dried seaweed, seasoned egg, garlic chips, garlic oil, fried onion, served with thin noodles

The noodles was great texture, perfect firmness. The tonkotsu broth was not thick and heavy kind.  The broth tasted less complicated flavors, less salt and seasonings but missing the rich taste and depth of flavors in the broth.  Generous amount of noodles, the chashu and toppings were pretty good portion too.  I like the toppings like kikurage, fried onions, garlic chips and oil which enhancing the flavors and texture.

I was a lil disappointed at the soil boiled egg, it was overdone so no creamy yolk.

# 2 Tonkotsu Assari @ $12.50

pork broth:  pork chashu, kikurage, green onion, seasoned egg, spicy bean sprouts, served with THICK noodles

Hubby likes the taste of #3 more than #1 because of the white pepper flavor in the broth.  Overall it was good but lacking a pleasant aroma of ramen.

Tokyo Curry Rice @ small $5.20

The curry sauce was average, typical Japanese curry flavors.  Surprisingly the rice was really good when usually ramen joints not doing good at cooking rice.

Panna Cotta @ $4.50

Average.

2129 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver, BC 6M1Z6