1102 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-939-5558
Email: info@hiroramen.com
Website: http://hiroramen.com/
Hiro Ramen House is next door to Milkboy. I frequent Milkboy quite frequently for coffee and drinks, occasionally food as well. I've always noticed that Hiro Ramen House is next door but haven't really given it much thought.
There has been a bit of a Ramen explosion on the east coast. Near the end my time living in Manhattan, Ramen was one of the latest food fad/trends that was taking over the area. Recently, that trend had started invading Philadelphia and Ramen places have started appearing in center city. Generally, I'm not a giant fan of ramen for meals as the pricing is never as cheap as a noodle house in Chinatown and it is rare that I find ramen that knocks my socks off. Still, as a foodie and out of my building curiosity, I had the opportunity to grab an early dinner/late lunch at Hiro Ramen House.
They offer a few choices for ramen bowls and apparently the menu rotates a bit so it might be different by the time anyone else goes. I selected the Pork Ramen with an extra addition of charsau in the bowl. The noodles weren't anything spectacular and were more on the salty side. The meat was also more on the overly salted side and with the two combined together; the dish definitely was a bit heavy handed on salt. The broth was a bit underwhelming and didn't have a strong flavor profile, it definitely leaned on the bland side of ramen broth. All in all it was an average serving of ramen until you realize that it ended up being a 10 dollar item. When you're competing with Pho bowls in the area that offer more food and flavor, I am hard pressed to choose ramen over Pho. (I'm aware they're two different things for the hardcore ramen lovers.) Lastly, the menu is pretty limited, its Ramen and small side dishes. Unfortunately, they were out of the kim chi so I didn't even get to sample that.
Anyone looking to check off their ramen restaurant checklist in Philadelphia should check Hiro out as it does have a very charming atmosphere that matches the ambiance of Milkboy next door, and the ramen is decent, it's just not one of the wow bowls of ramen I've had at ten dollars.
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