Following a heads up e-mail from the world famous foodie MSPD, Josh and I headed over to the Ronin Sushi Cafe in Lakeville, MN which is located in the storefront that was previously occupied by Papagayos which closed in April of 2007 and hasn’t been in use since.
I stopped by there at around 12:45 today and found a small sign on the door that said that they will be open this entire weekend including today (the 4th of July) and they will be serving their Thai dinner starting at 5 PM. I called Josh and asked him to bring along his camera and let him know to look over their menu for when we headed back later tonight. While they have their Thai dinner menu available they said that their full sushi bar menu will not be available until August. As of today they don’t yet have beer or wine but they soon will (they said that the beer man doesn’t deliver on the 4th of July).
Their About Us page shows their sushi options which include Omakase (Open Sushi) and they say you that start with $30 and work your way up until you’re full. They have three levels (”rookie” through “hardcore”) which offers you the option of eating sushi and rolls without many raw items up through spending a ton of money (they say, “Beware!”) and eating some hot foods. On that note, their page also lists that their spiciness scale goes from 1. mild to 5. “5 – Insane – Don’t even go there, there’s no going back!”
We headed over there around 4 and walked in to a nearly empty restaurant. According to the owner (who is a first time restaurant owner/chef who has experience working in other family restaurants) they were supposed to open yesterday but due to a family emergency it had to wait until today. There was one other person eating when we arrived and when asked what he thought he said, without pause, “Delicious!” Knowing this was their opening day I thought to myself, “whatever.” The interior hasn’t changed much at all since Papagayos but it looked nicer somehow — I might just not be remembering correctly.
The waitress came over and handed us our menus which Josh remarked, “That’s a way to do it, just print out your website.” While I already checked the menu before we left I decided to do my usual and ask the waitress what her favorite dish was and try that. She immediately recommended their Drunken Noodles which are listed on the menu as “Fresh fun noodles, basil, tomatoes, mushrooms, bell pepper,” and normally whenever I see that I smile and think, “yeah right,” and that’s exactly what I did today. When ordering the waitress asked if I wanted meat or tofu added and I chose chicken and also how hot I wanted it. I asked how hot their hottest was and if it was recentered for Minnesota tastes and she said she’d add fresh Thai peppers to it for me. I asked for extra napkins (nose blowing) and as much water as they had in preparation. Josh couldn’t decide what we wanted at first but after much decision making he decided on their Yellow Curry which has potatoes, onions, and carrots and he also asked that they add chicken to his.
When they brought the dishes out I immediately noticed the large portion size and the gorgeous fresh vegetables that added a ton of color to the dish. We were notified that if it wasn’t hot enough they would gladly cut up some more fresh Thai peppers for us. Josh had received his first and had already taken a few bites and determined that it was not hot enough. After a few bites of mine I also came to the same conclusion. I asked the waitress and after quite some time they arrived at our table with two more small bowls filled with freshly cut Thai peppers and also a bright orange habanero. Both Josh and I dumped a good bit of the peppers on our plates and the waitress and owner said, “Oh! You like it as spicy as we do!” Yup, sure do. The habaneros did the fucking trick and minutes later our mouths were on fire and the napkins were being used to clear our noses (I dumped them in the bathroom trash so the poor waitress wouldn’t have to clean up our snot).
The vegetables were quite fresh and the chicken was plentiful. My dish was fantastic and even though I enjoyed what I had eaten at Spice Thai in Savage, this absolutely wrecked that. I may have found my newest favorite South Metro restaurant! Josh’s also improved with the additional peppers and the cocunutty sweetness of the curry dropped the spice down to tolerable thresholds. Another impressive dish although one I wouldn’t order myself because I’m already watering at the mouth for another plate of those noodles. YUM FUCKING O! Seriously.
After dinner they brought us two dessert sticks with our bill (which came to $23.38 before tip) and soon after that they dropped an excellent sticky rice treat that had some sort of bean paste inside and were made with some fruit that I have never heard of before. The taste was similar to green apple candy and one that I would definitely order in the future. Please forgive the photos, we dug in before I remembered to snap some.
I absolutely, positively, and unconditionally recommend Ronin Sushi Cafe in Lakeville and am already excited to go back and try their sushi. If their Thai dishes are this good I can only imagine how tasty that will be. According to their website they are planning sushi training sessions and also visits from other local sushi chefs. Sounds pretty good to me…
If you head over to Ronin let us know what you think below!
Address:
Ronin Cafe and Sushi Bar
7704 160th St
Lakeville, MN 55044
Phone:
Restaurant: 952-997-6646
Delivery/Catering: 612-849-7525
See all the pictures from Ronin Sushi Cafe in Lakeville, MN on Flickr here (camera).
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July 8th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Went back tonight and while they have not yet opened officially, they already have some sushi available which I sampled tonight. Nice and spicy tuna with some some cilantro and an excellent homemade habanero sauce.
Kim ordered their drunken noodles but doesn’t personally like the idea of basil and noodles. I ordered their silver noodle dish and it was damn good and something that while I wouldn’t rush to order again like I would with the drunken noodles, it was definitely something I’d return to in the future.
Please note that they do not yet have a credit card machine and are only accepting cash and check until at least Thursday when the machine arrives.
July 8th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
We *almost* went there tonight, but my legs were tired so we ended up at Panino Bros instead (we were biking). I’m really looking forward to trying the red curry though.
July 9th, 2008 at 10:24 am
What, dawnmarie?!? It’s like 1.5 flat miles from Panino Bros to Ronin! I’m not sure you even need to pedal! Lazy, lazy, lazy.
OK…kidding…what a great night to bike.
Bill, I’m really glad this place shows promise. I was at Satay2Go within minutes of them opening and honestly had doubts about their viability. Same with Spice Thai. Here we are a couple years later and things seem to be going OK. Hopefully we can continue to keep these places on the radar.
Now I have to carve out some time to get to Ronin. And La Luz.
July 9th, 2008 at 10:29 am
MSPD the last 1000 feet would be killer though ;-)
While I love Satay2Go and they are similar to what is offered by Ronin, I can’t compare them. Satay2Go is more simple and a bit cheaper and caters to the takeout crowd even though Kim and I eat in just so we can chat with Corrine. Ronin is closer to Spice Thai and what I have had so far has killed what I ate at Spice although the menu at Ronin is much shorter in length at this time.
July 9th, 2008 at 11:07 am
MSPD, let’s just say that in addition to my tired legs (first time on a bike since I was probably 17?) I need a new seat before I go more than a mile round trip :)I’m excited to try it though.
July 9th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Not to sidetrack the topic but go over to Erik’s Bike Shop and get sized for a seat (for real). The best fitting seats are designed to concentrate the contact on your “sit bones” (vs. the softer part of your hind-end). Buying the right seat, no matter where you do it, according to the distance between your sit bones makes a world of difference in your cycling comfort. Erik’s has a very accurate means to fit you for a seat. (It sounds funny but they have you sit on a pad that sort of takes an impression). I ride a lot and, for comfort, the saddle is arguably the most important piece of equipment on the bike.
MSPD ~ Still Sweating from His Lunch Hour Bike Ride
July 9th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I’m still sweating from having to choke down my lunch at The Original SoupMan which had its first Minnesota location open today. I will have a full review after I get home from work but suffice to say, “yuck.”
July 9th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
My cousin works at Erik’s, he’s on it. I just don’t want to drop a ton of money on it until after I know if I’m going to keep it up.
I’m done sidetracking now, I promise!
July 11th, 2008 at 10:15 am
First, a big thank you to La Luz Cafe, I have no power at home, its hot out, and I am sitting here soaking up thier soda, internet, and AC.
Second Ronin is AWESOME. WOW. I can insert some profanity if it helps get the point across, but wow.
My wife, baby, and I went there last night for Our Birthday dinner (wife and I have BDay 2 days apart)
The place was clean, neat, peaceful, etc. All the things I get nervous about when going to a new or unknown restraunt. The people working there and/or the owners where outstanding. Like really awesome. We had 4 different people come out and talk to us, play with our baby boy, and chat about the food.
Then the food started coming. I had never had sushi, and had no intention to start last night. I ordered the Egg Roll for an appetizer. Yummy stuff. Then I had Druken Noodles with medium spice, and my wife had the steak and cucumber salad. Both were outstanding. Flavorful, yummy, big portions, fresh, etc, etc, etc. I cant say how impressed we were.
Then Nona (chef/owner?) came out and talked to us about Sushi. She recommended the Dragon roll and the Crunch Roll, based on me not having had any Sushi in the past. We ordered one of each, and I have no idea about Sushi, but I would order both of these again right now if they would bring them La Luz for me to eat with my breakfast. Great food. It all seemed so fresh and while the meal was pretty spendy, we ate for a good 90 minutes nearly nonstop, and every single thing we had was great.
The place has some really cool plans, with Iron Chef nights, and cooking lessons and stuff like that. I REALLY hope people support them. I cant think of anyplace in the south metro where I have had a meal I enjoyed more, esp when taking into account both the food and service levels. I really felt like we had made new friends who happened to be great cooks who had us over to eat a sample of their foods. My wife and I were both laughing and smiling when we left, and I cant wait to tell the Grandparents that thier 14 month old grand baby loves Fish Eggs, Eel, and sticky rice. He may have liked it better than we did.
Two thumbs way up. One caveat, I would never have gone into a place called a Sushi Cafe if I had not read the review on here. I hope that does not scare away other closed minded people like myself. Also, I understand that they were not really busy while we were there, and the service will not always be at that level, but I am still impressed that they made the effort when they did have the time.
Thanks for a great birthday meal and a wonderful dining experience.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:16 am
We went to Ronin on Saturday. I’ll just echo what everyone is saying here. The food and service were really good. We shared several different dishes and none disappointed. We had the Drunken Noodles with beef, Thai Fried Rice, Spring Rolls and the Dragon Roll. I’ll definitely go back.
July 21st, 2008 at 2:39 pm
We went to Ronin Cafe on Staturday, this past weekend, to try their Thai food (did not order any Japanese food this time). They serve the best Thai food–as good as the Thai foods that we have had in Thailand; we had their Drunken Noodles with beef, Pannag curry with chicken (THE BEST CURRY!), Green Beans and Fired Tofu. We also had their brown stick rice dessert, served with mago and coconut milk; it was so….good (not on the menu–we just asked what they have for dessert and they made those for us that day. We were so impress with their foods !!! And, we are so glad that we have such place to go here. I totally recommend and will definitely go back many times.
August 6th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
We have been to this restaurant three times in the past week and tried several dishes and everything has been amazing. Reasonably priced too.
August 20th, 2008 at 5:14 am
I drove by and had to stop in… And I didn’t regret it the white elephant was the bomb. I totally recommend it. It is officaly my favorite sushi roll.!! If stop in you got to try it. The crunchy was delicious as well. We already made reservation for the 29th. so excited mmm sushi
August 20th, 2008 at 10:41 am
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August 27th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
I went in tonight and had some of their sushi (the spicy tuna roll) and while the portion was huge, so was the price. I originally wanted something different that was less than $6 but the waiter recommended something else and apparently owned me on the up-sell. I should have asked how much it would be first but I didn’t. I’m an idiot.
The owner told me that their grand opening, including the recently completed sushi bar, will be this Friday at 6PM. They will also soon be unveiling their “Americanized” breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus to go alongside their Thai offerings so that if your spouse isn’t so much interested in Thai, they too will be able to eat something and you won’t be left to go there and enjoy it on a Wednesday night by yourself ;)
Always fantastic food — if you haven’t yet checked out Ronin, I suggest getting there for their grand opening on Friday :)
August 27th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
I know I am not the most frequent visitor, but I have the drunken noodles with Chicken about once a week. Love the food, and the people are always really friendly.
I dont know if we will make the grand opening, but I am sure we will stop by sometime this weekend.
August 29th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
As I said above, Kim and I went to Ronin tonight for the grand opening and took a seat at the sushi bar and let Kevin do his thing. It was busy tonight with people there enjoying sushi (one complimentary per couple!), half price bottles of wine, and some very good food.
If you haven’t gone to Ronin yet, go tonight and take advantage of the specials they have tonight — you will not be disappointed.
Check out some photos of the sushi we enjoyed tonight on Flickr here.
August 30th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
We went last night as well, although we must have been there a bit later than you Bill. We took advantage of the free appetizers, the half price bottles of wine and sampled quite a selection of food.
As always, the drunken noodles with chicken were great. The White Elephant sushi roll was incredible, and the Red Curry was a great surprise.
I really hope people are getting out and trying this place. The food is spectacular and the owner(s) are among the friendliest people I have ever met. I really cant say enough good things. We have never been here when Nona (sp) or one of the other chef/owners have not stopped by multiple times to ask how things were and make recommendations. Great great food, and really nice people.
If the half price wine and free apps runs through tomorrow, I think we are going back with some friends for another round.
August 30th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Chad, agreed all around. While I won’t be there tomorrow (hopefully Kings in Miesville instead), I really do love the place and I am usually in there at least 2 or 3x a month. Even Kim enjoyed the sushi we tried last night and Kevin (at the sushi bar) and Nona (yeah, sp?) as well as three waiters (two of which I have seen several times before) stopped by to not only say hello but ask how everything was.
Kim was all about the gummy worms and after having a few after dinner, we got the rest to take home. I’m not much of a candy (or dessert) fan in general but man, those are tasty.
September 8th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
[...] had a container of pepper oil on the table, much like what’s offered at Ronin Sushi Cafe but the container was sticky and kinda gross. I asked how fresh it was and our server thought for a [...]
September 24th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
So I’m at Ronin tonight prior to heading to Carbones for the Twins game. I asked them to surprise me for my entree tonight and I got one of their upcoming breakfast plates.
She came out with their basil chicken which included white rice, a sunny side up egg, chicken, thai peppers and basil. Beautifully presented and bright colors as always, this is an impressive dish. I must admit I’ve never had anything like it for breakfast but would be willing to try it some morning. It was a nice sized portion for $10.95.
They have updated their hours to include the mornings and while I’ll update the main post to include them when I get home from the game, I’ll put them here too:
Monday – closed
Tuesday – Thursday 11-2 and 5-9
Friday – Sat 11-2 and 5-10
Sunday 11-7:30
They are planning on doing mimosas with fresh squeezed OJ, Thai sausage, eggs, buttermilk pancakes, etc. I guarantee you that I will be back!
If you try their breakfast let us know how it is!
September 24th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Any idea what Thai sausage is?
September 24th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
From http://www.khiewchanta.com/archives/thai-sausages/
September 24th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
I have been to Ronin about 6-10 times since they’ve opened (3 weeks ago). I come at lunch time and get a takeout sushi order, which I eat over the next 24 hours. WONDERFUL!!! They have a kids sushi plate for about $7.95, which by the kids are done, I;ve had time to eat. I’ve only had their sushi, but I HAVE to have them cut the nigiri in half because theirs is SO big! I’ve been to Kami, Osaka and Ichiban… Overall Ronin is by far the best price and a wonderful place to “hang out”. The last time I was there, Miko got a HUGE piece of tuna out of the back and gave me the best treat ever. You don’t have to give up having your adult treat while your kids enjoy theirs!!!
October 9th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
As always, Miko takes care of my girls!! I have 4… Yikes! under the age of 6 and he knows everytime how to make them something special! I talked my Dad into taking us to Ronin on Sunday and he was impressed! As a big wig of ConAgra he told Miko what he liked and he delivered. Poko Tuna (SP) and my Dad ate ALL of it. Nona, the owner, is a wonderful and friendly person. Most of the staff have a connected history! Just ask Miko to make you something for you and I promise, he WILL deliver!! Al is great too!
Michelle
October 13th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
My husband and I ate here and loved it. We’d like to bring our 3-year old daughter…what would you all with kids recommend for her? What has Miko made for you?
October 13th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
We made it to Ronin for the first time on Saturday. FANTASTIC!
I highly recommend the Ancient Chicken, the Drunken Noodles, and the Spicy Tuna Rolls.
It wasn’t very busy for a Saturday night, so everyone needs to tell a friend to go try it out. This place needs to stick around.
November 7th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Got a bunch of coupons (magnet style) in the mail yesterday and one was for a free entree ($12 max) at Ronin. No other strings attached it would appear.
I hope that this means that they can afford that type of business and it isn’t the sign of something worse. I’m going to stop in tomorrow and see what I can find out — while eating my free entree ;)
November 7th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Booo…….I did not get any coupons. :(
November 7th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
If you get print copies of Thisweek, you may have a coupon for Ronin (B1G1 free this time) on page 3.
November 11th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Thank you so much everyone for the awesome reviews & your continuous support. Even for a few not so good ones. We’re always trying to improve. I finally have time to read all the reviews. Your speculations are right, the economy has hurt us as well as many other businesses, but we are committed to getting people in the door and hopefully returning for the food while trying to operate more efficiently. Don’t worry, we’ll put up a fight to stay as long as possible! Thanks again & pass the word!
Nona
Chef-Owner
November 11th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Shit. Nona, I’m scratching plans this weekend to go elsewhere to come in and show my support.
November 14th, 2008 at 9:39 am
A side discussion is happening over here about Ronin Sushi Cafe.
I was in last night and they have a great happy hour menu that goes until 6:30 including $1.95 bottled beer, soups, appetizers, etc. Good stuff.
November 14th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
The happy hour specials are on the web site, and it looks like some of them are a great deal.
November 14th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Chad, a South Metro restaurant with an updated website? WTF?! ;-)
November 14th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Yep, whats the world coming too?
Google search, second return from Ronin Sushi Cafe (right behind LazyLightning review).
http://ronincafe.com/default.aspx
Not sure if its ok to provide links on here, but you can fix it if not. For Sushi people and beer drinkers, that should be reason enough to get in there once in awhile.
November 14th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Chad, I was only kidding about them having a webpage, I knew they did — they link to here!
Yes, you can provide links and the site makes them clickable automatically!
November 14th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I wonder if the “Sushi Cafe’ in the name might scare some people off that would otherwise really enjoy their non-sushi dishes. I’ll be ordering some take out from Ronin tomorrow. I have a craving for Ancient Chicken.
November 14th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Dave, I think you are 100% correct. If not for the review I read on here, I would never have gone in. I am glad I did, and hope others will try it as well.
January 1st, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Went to Ronin last night for dinner. Fantastic as always.
It was NOT busy enough. Tell your friends about Ronin!
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:58 am
We picked up dinner from Ronin as take out for New Years Eve. Great food, as always. The Ancient Chicken/Pad Thia Noodles, and Drunken Noodles are incredible.
January 10th, 2009 at 8:31 am
My son (age 7) and I were at Ronin last night. This would be our 5th time there. My son got the kid’s sushi and the california roll. He is small for his size but ate the whole thing. It truly is his favorite meal on the planet.
I ordered the Toro Nigiri (usually only served Friday and Saturday) and the Tataki roll. If you have not tried either, you are truly missing out. I lived in Florida for two years and never thought Sushi in Lakeville could rival what I had gotten there. I read all the reviews on the other food at Ronin and really would like to try some other things but every time I go I cannot get myself past the Tataki roll. It is that good…
One other note: If you like sake, try the Snow Maiden. It is unfiltered, so it is a cloudy white color but the flavor is much more complex to me than other sakes I have had. They serve it in a small box and over-pour the glass so that the sake pours into the box as well.
I asked why they over-pour it and they said it is a sign of good luck. You drink the glass first, then drink from the corner of the small box.
January 26th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Great reviews! Moved here from Hawaii…wife’s Japanese and we’ve been only content with Kami and Osaka. We’ll be trying this tonight, and hope to bring my mother-in-law there soon. She worked in Kyoya in waikiki for 20 years (before it closed), and I’ve never been able to live down how “wrong” we do sushi in Minnesota.
I’ll be happy to write a review after!
January 26th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Jay, I hope you love the place. We enjoy it every time we visit.
January 26th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
My buddy Josh and I went there on Saturday for lunch and were treated with Cherry Bombs which are habaneros stuffed with cream cheese and topped with a chili aioli.
Nona warned me that it would hurt the next day but she didn’t note that it would hurt all damn day too ;-) It tasted great but the burn did not subside even after an entire roll of Rolaids and a few glasses of milk :(
January 29th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Holy hotness! I like spicy food too but stuffed habaneros? You’re braver than I am.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
OK…much delinquent here, but I did want to touch back with our first impressions. We went on the 26th, and were not disappointed. First, happy hour beer prices…best in the area. $2.50 for a Heinie is pretty economical, unless you eat too much hot Thai food…which we did!
Wife had the drunken noodles…awesome. I had my favorite, red curry….again, to die for! Took the leftover sauce home, put chicken in it, and would’ve drank the remainder if my kids weren’t looking at me funny.
Service was great….sushi was pretty decent…but the Thai was amazing. Big bill, but there were 8 of us. We’ll go back!!! Thanks for the referral!
February 5th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Jay, glad to hear you liked the place. I am not even close to a sushi expert. It always seems fresh and yummy to me, so thats good, but I love the Thai food. Really great stuff.
February 8th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Finally made it to Ronin on Friday. Food was awesome. Tried the drunken noodles and pad thai – both were great. Also tried a little sushi and it was very good. The Spider Roll seemed on par with a place like Fuji Ya. The place is small, but was very full for most of the time we were there. The staff worked hard trying to keep up – they seemed a little overwhelmed so I got the impression that it was unusually busy.
It would be nice if things got a little more polished there, for example there were items scratched off the beverage list, they were out of a couple other beverages, etc. – but I can overlook minor issues for great food.
We will definitely be back – I could see this being a regular stop.
February 20th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
I’m not a big sushi fan. but I love there other dishes like papaya salad, Pad Thai, and there drunken noodles. its definately on my top five favorite places too eat.
February 20th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Rodrick, what are the other four?
March 20th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Bill, I’m calling you out! I don’t think they made the A-Bombs for you correctly. We were bored one day and we kindda started on habanero poppers to eat.
I stuff them with cream cheese flavored with lemon/orange zest and juice, green onion. Then wrap it all up with bacon and dunk in tempura batter and fryed. Last is a drizzle of honey on the top. This should be a sweet, creamy,salty kick in the pants bomb going off in your mouth.
If you give me 2 days notice I’ll have it ready for you next time. Just let me know when the torture will begin.
Ken
kitchen chef at Ronin
March 20th, 2009 at 6:33 am
So Ken, how much do I need to pay you for the Ancient chicken recipe? ;-)
April 8th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
I’ve eaten here a few times. It has always been sushi and I have always been very impressed. I have not, however, been able to convert my family over… until now.
See, when we get take-out, my wife likes to go with EggRoll King. It’s cheap, predictable and cheap. (Yeah, I said cheap twice.) She’s a fan if their orange chicken and doesn’t want to mess with “what works.” Getting food from a new place could disrupt the space-time continuum and I’ve been overruled every time I’ve tried to swing us over to Ronin.
So, last Sunday, I finally had my way. I talked my spouse in to trying the Ancient Chicken. My 5-year old son would get the Gyoza, and I was too tempted by the thought of Pad Thai. (In fact, it was my son’s insistence that he have potstickers that initiated this whole thing.)
I set Zach’s plate down at his spot with all 5 dumplings/ By the time I got to the table with my plate of food, his was gone and he was asking for more! Apparently, they were great.
While my Pad Thai was fine, my wife thought this was the best Orange/Sesame chicken dish she had ever had in her life. The more of it she ate, the more she raved. She even reports that re-heated two days later, the dish was fantastic. There’s this perfect hint of a crunch without the m,eat being over cooked. Our only mild complaint is that the Ancient Chicken should come with a bit more of the sauce, if that’s even possible. (How could you not want your rice soaking in that heavenly taste?) :)
Now, while we may have paid double for what a family meal was at EggRoll King and the gyoza were a little low on the volume, we think Ronin is top notch! WE also agreed that it was obvious that Ronin was using high quality cuts of meat and not some of the random “parts” other places hide under the breading.
I think I’m diving in to some curry next time. I wish we could afford to eat here more often.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Interesting notice regarding a coupon at Ronin’s web site:
http://ronincafe.com/
April 20th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Dang, Dave! I wonder if Nona could go after the publishers for their error? That is a crazy, expensive error on their part!
April 20th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Wow, I hope people understand it was an error and dont hold it against Ronin.