February 6th is the scheduled grand opening with a lunch service (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and a dinner service (5 to 10 p.m.) with a vegetarian and chicken broth options available.
The soft opening is from February 1-4th with an offering of $5 for a bowl of any of the ramen selections.
Day 2 soft opening review (Feb 2nd):
I was able to try both the Black (roasted garlic oil) and the Orange (rich miso marinated ground pork) variations.
The Black has a smokey flavour and may be a tad salty to some. The broth of the Orange has a silken texture/mouth feel.
The fatty chashu chosen (fatty or lean are the options) was quite tender and flavorful.
The noodles are of the thin kind and are different than that of Santouka or the thicker kind served at Kintaro. My kae-dama (extra noodles - 1st order is free by the way!) had more of a chew/bounce and were more to my liking.
The egg was a medium-cooked and pretty decent, but some would probably say short that of Marutama
