Ajisen Ramen, Knox

I was at the optometrist in the afternoon so I decided to venture out instead of cooking dinner. We went to Ajisen Ramen. This outlet have been at Knox for some time, but for some reason we have only tried it for the first time!

Compared to the other restaurants in Knox Ozone, I believe Ajisen Ramen is one of the best value restaurants on the strip. There were no pictures because my eyes were still stinging from the eye check earlier in the day. We ordered the Chashu Ramen $18 which came with 5 pieces of thickly cut, large tender slices of pork, wood ear mushrooms, spring onions, and onsen egg. The broth was just liquid gold for a rainy cold day! It was salty and full of umami taste. The noodles were slightly.. I don't know how to describe this but I think it smelt like the alkaline water that is used to make noodles bouncy and chewy. The smell was a tad too strong for me. The broth is obviously the drawcard and the restaurant knows it too, because the bowl was only half full with the broth but still plenty to go around. 

I ordered the Chicken Katsu Bento $17 which came with two pan fried pork gyozas, seaweed salad, wafu salad (cabbage, rocket, cherry tom with creamy dressing), a chicken yakitori skewer, chicken katsu and rice. Now this is really good value for the amount of protein and variety one gets with the meal for that price. The pork gyoza was delicious and Gaz liked the yakitori and chicken katsu too. I really enjoyed my bento box. 

We also ordered a grilled sanma (mackerel) $9.50. It was very well cooked - crispy skin and tender (as tender as mackerel can get!) flesh, served on a bed of sliced cabbage and a wedge of lemon to take away the fishiness. I felt quite healthy eating grilled fish with rice, if only that was all I had, forgetting the deep fried chicken katsu!