Ajisen Ramen Hawthorn - Melbourne

The food here is invariably good, great ramen, bentos, and they're often adding new things. <br/ <br/ The ambience is okay but what gets me is that this restaurant is freezing year round. Not bad in Summer, but I wear a coat in winter, that's not pleasant. <br/ <br/ They also don't allow split bills for no good reason, which is inconvenient when eating lunch.

Today there was another big protest at work and I wanted to stay away. It was the one about making education free. Ajisen Ramen is a chain store and I heard some good things about it from Confessions of a little pigy and other bloggers about their good meal sets. This store in Hawthorn was run by the Chinese.

This Japanese restaurant in Hawthorn is truly one of the best. I often dine here with friends and always enjoy their Tori Karaage Chahan and Chicken Curry. The combination of rice and lemon lime bitter is delicious. While this is a chain restaurant, the location in Hawthorn is exceptional in my experience.

After trying the ramen on a second visit, we were impressed. The Ajisen ramen and toro buta ramen were delicious, with a milder flavor than authentic Kumamoto ramen soup. The soft boiled eggs were perfect, but not ajitamago. I will definitely be returning for the ramen.

Ajisen Ramen was a decent feed. First of all, the location is very convenient and is situated in a high traffic location (near a university). The inside was very well designed, with a decent amount of space. I have been here twice with over 10 other friends and we had no problem fitting into one table. Customer service was also good, very helpful in organising the table and offering us with drinks. Wait time was also decent, around 10 15 wait for meal orders. I have tried both a ramen meal and rice meal and they were both decent. The ramen was nothing special, it lacked the excitement and richness of flavour that distinguishes other ramen that I have had. Each element of the ramen were not bad but also did not blow me away. The same thing could be applied for the rice meals. The price are also decent and reflects the standard prices for the meals. Keeping in touch with the theme of this review, this restaurant is decent, not overly disappointing but also not overly exciting.