Fujiya Ramen Sushi Bar

This place went in the Grand Parkway where Ichigo was and kept some of the decor.  There is menu overlap as well.  We had a family dinner there to give it a try though it is still in the soft opening phase.  We started out with the cream cheese puffs and the chasu buns.  Then had the curry spicy miso ramen, the veggie ramen, and the house fried rice.  Finished with a tempura cheesecake.

The cream cheese puffs were good, freshly fried with a good crunch and flavorful insides--not a lot of crab meat but a good start.  The chasu buns were very disappointing.  They were dense and chewy.  I think they were microwaved, which you can do with a baked item if you get it out at exactly the right time.  These were way over.

The ramen soups were the highlight of the meal.  The broth in both soups had great depth of flavor, with the miso complementing rather than overwhelming the other ingredients.  The added vegetables were very tasty. There were some signs of rushing--the eggs started out cold, and relied on the soup to warm them up.  The texture in the egg yolk was a little off but the flavor was great.  The spicy miso soup came with a chicken curry--some chicken breaded with panko and fried, and a very nice and not spicy curry sauce.  On the other hand, the soup really brought the heat.  If you like it when your throat burns then their spicy dishes will deliver.  Very large portions, definitely 2 or 3 meals.

The fried rice was fine, a pretty standard version.  Good flavor and mouth feel, not a huge portion but plenty for one.

The tempura cheesecake was a nice idea but this recipe doesn't work yet.  The tempura was not very crunchy and the cheesecake was warm inside.  The cheesecake has to be frozen very hard in order to make this recipe work, much like a baked Alaska.  I think they will figure it out.

The soft opening is still very real for the restaurant.  They are not fully staffed yet.  The waitress apologized a lot for the slow kitchen, even bringing a complimentary seaweed salad (it was OK, Sushi Haya's is better). She didn't really need to, I've seen a lot worse.  But the rushing caused some problems as noted.  The decor is cute--they kept one of Ichigo's murals and pasted their name over it, and put in a new mural on the opposite wall.  The men's room was clean and ready, no decoration there.  You might wait and let them get past the grand opening for a special occasion.  Definitely get the ramen.

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