【Sydney Food】Yasaka Ramen

Yasaka‘s succinct motto of “No Ramen No Life” caught my attention. Whilst I personally don’t hold such an extreme view in my ramen pursuit, who can resist a bowl of good ramen in a cold winter day or a wet rainy day?

—–HER{curio}MAJESTY SCORE SHEET—–

Visited:Many times.

Food: 8/10 || Ambiance: 7/10 || Service: 7.5/10

What I like: The simmered pork soft bone.

Will I come back: Yes.

Yasaka is located near the corner of Pitt Street and Liverpool Street, which brilliantly completed the Sydney CBD ramen map – I had always felt that we lacked a ramen joint at this side of the city! Now we don’t have to walk all the way to George Street or The Galeries or Chinatown for ramen (ok fine, they’re not that far away, but it’s nice to have one closer…).

Corn ramen, $13.80.

Kakuni Ramen with simmered pork soft bone, $16.8. The simmered pork soft bone tasted pleasantly rich and the meat fell apart and melted in my mouth. Amazing stuff. The price is quite steep for a bowl of ramen, though.

The portion of the noodles was decent.

Black garlic ramen (shio), $15.8. I didn’t quite like this because the soup was even thicker than their normal tonkotsu and it was way too heavy for me.

Teriyaki Tofu Don, $8, for my vegetarian friend. Hot and soft centre of tofu covered with a thin layer of the lightly crispy batter.

Ikayaki (squid pancake), $8.80. We ordered this because the menu says it is a “hidden local specialty of Osaka” and it is made to order by BBQ-ing the hand-kneaded dough and squid.

It tasted like a pancake version of takoyaki. It was nice, but not as amazing as I thought it would be.

The counter seats on the ground level will give you a full view of a busy Japanese ramen kitchen, which is quite interesting to watch – especially the gigantic cauldron of tonkotsu soup and  the gigantic ladle!

Don’t be fooled by the seemingly small ground floor space, there are more tables upstairs.

The ramens are all tonkotsu based (pork bone soup), and they come in three main categories: shoyu, shiyo and miso.

 

The drinks menu.

Also, a notice on the side of the wall informing patrons that they serve “thick soup” ramen. Most of the more traditional and authentic ramen places in Sydney have signs like this to friendly remind their customers so that their ramen don’t get misunderstood for being “too salty” or “too thick” as it is exactly what the Japanese ramen chefs try to achieve!

Another great thing about Yasaka is that noodles are made on the premises.

Yes ramen yes life!

{Yasaka}
Address: 126 Liverpool Street, Sydney NSW
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yasakaramen