Kinton Ramen - Bloor St.

668 Bloor St W,
Toronto, ON M6G 1L2

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About the Restaurant

Fans of Baldwin Villageโ€™s Kinton Ramen know that itโ€™s a pork loverโ€™s spot. There, thick pork bone broth comes with heaps of pork belly or pork shoulder, and customers can request how much pork fat they want added to their soup (โ€œrichโ€ means a lot, โ€œlightโ€ means less).

So it may come as a surprise that the new Kinton Ramen in Koreatown, which officially opens today, has its ramen options equally split between pork broth and chicken broth.

Itโ€™s true that pork broth โ€” tonkotsu, in particular โ€” has ruled the ramen game for a long time now, but chicken broth has been gaining ground as of late (here in Toronto, the newly opened Touhenboku specializes in it, and itโ€™s a mainstay at Ramen Raijin too).

The new Kinton offers the same tonkotsu-based soups that made the original restaurant such a hit, along with four other options made from a collagen-heavy chicken broth called paitan (it comes flavoured with either shio, shoyu, miso or jalapeno, $10.80 each). The soups are served with Kintonโ€™s famous noodles, but at the new location, customers can choose between thick noodles or thin noodles.

Other new menu options include chicken gyoza ($3.50) and two salads ($8.80) made with cold ramen noodles and vegetables (one has a sesame dressing, and the other a spicy soy dressing). Otherwise, this is a Kinton Ramen restaurant through and through, from the dรฉcor to the vibe to the chef (ramen maestro Aki Urata oversees the kitchen at both places).

Published on: Jan 3, 2014