Jyuban Ramen House

Still not sick of ramen yet.  There seems to be a few new ones that have opened in downtown Toronto that I have yet to try.  A little closer to home is Jyuban Ramen House.  I rarely go to Commerce Gate, because parking is atrocious there.  But of the times that I do go, I've noticed Jyuban, kinda like the quiet kid sitting in a corner in a room.  The fact that this place has been opened for years (Asian restaurants typically aren't open for long), must be good right?

They have regular ramen noodles, and they also have squid ink ramen noodles.  We got one of each to try.  For the regular ramen noodles, we ordered the regular tonkotsu, for the squid ink ramen, we got the seafood ramen.  We also ordered the ramen as a combo.  For a few dollars more, you get a pork rice ball and a red bean cake for dessert.  The pork rice ball was essentially a shredded pork onigri.  I've never been a big fan of rice, so this wasn't really for me.  It was also a tad heavy on the salt.  Ramen wise, the tonkotsu soup base was quite weak, the flavours just weren't really there.  I think the soup base is actually the same for all their noodles.  Noodle wise, I really didn't like them.  Their regular ramen noodles tasted just like spaghetti.  Their squid ink ramen noodles, tasted a bit fishy, and texture was similar to spaghetti as well.  The chasiu was dry.  The egg however, was done well.  The yolk was cooked perfectly.  Red bean cake, was ok.  Nothing special.

Pork Rice Balls

Squid Ink Seafood Ramen

Tonkotsu Ramen

Red Bean Cake

Overall, not that great of a ramen restaurant.  If I had a ramen craving I would be heading downtown. And if I really couldn't get downtown, then I would head to Sonoya at First Markham Place instead.

Jyuban Ramen House
505 Highway 7 E, Suite 65-66
Thornhill, ON
L3T 7T1

905-882-1188

Hours:  11am - 3pm, 6pm - 11pm , Tuesdays Closed

http://jyubanramen.com/WordPress/