Was it worth the hype? Maybe. Since queueing is our national past time anyway. But this ramen tasted like a bowl of Japanese lobster bisque, with ramen in it. It was pretty well balanced and it came with two lobster balls stuffed with lobster meat, lobster meat wanton(?), and both chicken and pork chasu. It definitely looked like an overkill but it was well worth the calories, plus TGIF!