Rhett Brinkley
It's always soup season at Eat Arkansas. The heat index was over 100 degrees when Gold Bowl-- the new downtown dining establishment offering ramen bowls, hibachi dishes and boba tea-- opened for service two weeks earlier. My co-workers and I had been anxiously awaiting a piping hot bowl of ramen (the spicier the better) considering that we heard a new ramen shop would be situated mere blocks from the Arkansas Times office.
Unless you avoid flavorful downtown restaurants, you've probably visited the space in the ground floor of the Pyramid Building at 215 Center St. It was Three Fold's initial place and the site of its pop up restaurant, Haybird. It was likewise Hanaroo Sushi Bar's last and 2nd place.
Gold Bowl is from the very same owners as Mr. Hui's Chinese restaurant in the Pleasant Ridge Town Center at 11525 Cantrell Road. Appetisers consist of egg rolls, veggie spring rolls, edamame, steamed and fried dumplings, crab rangoon and Takoyaki (Japanese octopus balls topped with home sauce, Japanese mayo and bonito flakes, the menu says).
Did I discuss they also serve ramen? On our first see I bought the Kimchi Ramen ($ 10.95) with thin sliced chashu pork stomach, long, thin noodles, marinaded egg, portions of kimchi, corn, kikurage mushrooms (likewise referred to as wood ear) and a fish cake. The generous portion is served with chopsticks and a large tortoise patterned spoon.
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Rhett BrinkleyKimchi ramen
The kimchi (a conventional Korean dish of fermented and salted veggies, frequently cabbage) broth has a spicy, tangy umami taste that probably has the kind of corrective powers former Arkansas Times editor Lindsey Millar searches for when he slurps soup in the winter.
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Partner Vicky Xie stated it's the pork broth (tonkotsu) utilized in the chashu ramen meal, with added kimchi and spicy chili oil. The taste was so excellent I didn't want to damage it by adding more chili oil, however you can request it on the side if you prefer more spice. I should include, the marinaded egg was my favorite egg bite of the year. Flavor explosion.
Rhett BrinkleyChashu Ramen at Gold Bowl.
On a subsequent see I ordered the Szechuan Beef Noodle Soup ($ 12.95) with stewed beef, child bok choy, cilantro and marinaded mustard greens. Rhett BrinkleySzechuan Beef Noodle Soup
Due to the fact that she has a low tolerance for hot foods and still has an establishing taste buds, Arkansas Times press reporter Mary Hennigan purchased the Shoyu Ramen with chicken with a little trepidation. She stated it wasn't spicy, but stylish, which the bean sprouts offered each bite a suitable crunch.
Hennigan likewise purchased the strawberry slush from the drink menu and stated the warmth of the broth acted as a flawless solution to the brain freeze the slush was offering her between bites. Packaged in the sealed-top boba cups, the strawberry slush "tasted much like a melted, then frozen, strawberry Starburst."
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Rhett BrinkleyCrab rangoon
In addition to the frozen slushes, Gold Bowl offers a variety of flavored boba teas and hot teas.
The menu likewise includes a beef ramen with sliced beef, a seafood ramen and a veggie ramen with a tomato base broth.
We likewise took pleasure in the crab rangoon ($5.95) and the fried dumplings ($5.95). Arkansas Times barbecue editor Brock Hyland stated the steak hibachi he purchased was on par with his past hibachi bar experiences.
Xie stated they're still trying to find out client demand with particular menu items. She stated they're considering including some more standard Chinese dishes. She stated that quickly a spicy and a miso ramen will be contributed to the menu.
Gold Bowl's hours are 10:30 -8 p.m. daily. You can buy online at its website or call 501-615-8591 or 501-615-8459.
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