Akita - Cosenza

I've eaten at this place when it was in Times Square 2 but I think they already transferred to Gaisano Country Mall. The food was good and affordable. Staff service was a little bit off though. Might visit again to try their other food choices.

Great service and the owner is very welcoming. They serve complimentary appetizers to dig in while waiting for your order. I ordered butakimchimiso ramen and for me, it lived up to its title as best seller in the ramen category. The serving is good. The miso soup is flavorful. The pork is quite hard to chew which is kind of disappointing. The noodles are okay. I can’t say this ramen is one of the best that I ever tasted because for me, it kinda lost its authenticity but it’s understandable that maybe they adjusted it to suit with the Filipinos’ palate. However, I’m still gonna come back to try the other dishes.

We only can compare with other Japanese restaurants we have been in Philippines. The restaurant itself is clean and quiet in Time Square 2. The CR is very clean too. I try to judge the cleanness of the kitchen in a restaurant (we mostly can't enter the kitchen in a restaurant) in evaluating the cleanness of the CR. Now to the food. The bento compared with Daruma (now called Oishi Cebu) is too dry in the whole combination. Oishi Cebu mixs in the box much better variety of taste and not too dry. Ramen is tasty and nice, also the noodle is of good quality. The Chicken Teriyaki is also not as good as Oishi or most Japanese Restaurants we have visited. They only put Teriyaki sauce on chicken meat. There are lot of Chicken Teriyaki variety. The one we like is they deep fry both side of the meat, but make sure the meat inside still tender and not dry. But what I think it must be very good in this restaurant is Sashimi, since as I understood, the owner goes personally to local market to buy what he will offer in his restaurant. Again, food is often subjective, so must try yourself.