RainBowl

Rainbowl is great! Excellent service, yummy drinks, and delicious food. There are so many options to choose from. I highly recommend Rainbowl! The popping Boba pearls are on point!

I ordered the seafood noodle bowl and it was not at all what I expected. I was expecting warm, brothy noodles. Instead it was chilled and I'm sure exactly how it was supposed to be considering the beautiful presentation. BUT everything was extremely fresh and I ended up enjoying it very much. I will definitely be back!

Tweeks Hometown Food Review:
A couple of weeks ago I was excited to hear that we had a new ramen place here in town with a Korean twist. I'm a big Korean fan, so I first tried their Bibimbap with a side of gochang sauce for takeout back to my office. It also came with some kind of tasty ginger sauce that was quite yummy. Overall it was very tasty.. and very satisfying. But I really wanted to try to ramen with a side of kimchee.

Then today I took my family back and we tried a number of items. My wife and kids all wanted the chicken teriyaki bowl.. and I had the spicy tonkotsu ramen with pork, extra soy eggs and a side of kimchee.

The bone broth in my spicy tonkotsu was awesome. Creamy smooth, thought the spice level was a little more than I was expecting, which was perfect. For some reason, I really remember the halved soy eggs being really flavorful.. and I loved the texture of perfectly cooked, soft boiled eggs. Super creamy and yummy that was perfect with the both. The kimchee though was special. It wasn't just store bought napa cabbage. It had shredded carrot, and at least three other flavorful veggies I wouldn't identify (maybe bamboo root?). I asked the lady behind the counter and she told me that the store owner makes it himself.. which if true, is really awesome. I gotta meet him to ask him about his Kimchee.. She said he might be in later in the week, so I'll going to go back and ask what all is going on with that kimchee. Yum!

Oh.. I also ordered a $13 "chef's special" salmon, crab-meat wrap. It's was a seaweed wrap.. kind of like a fat sushi roll. It was pretty good too (good dipping sauces). But not as good as the tonkotsu.

The only thing I wouldn't recommend is the powder based "boboa tea". It's not tea at all.. but just a powdered mix . I asked for a real tea boboa, but they didn't have any real tea. Sad. I might have given them five stars if they could have whipped up a real black or oolong tea boboa, or even a fresh avacado smoothy boboa. NOM! Guess I'll just stick with water.

Glad I found this place though.. when I have lunch errands.. it's nice knowing I can look forward to something on this side of town as fresh and yummy as Japanese/Korean rather than just Jimmy Johns again.

Update: they added high chairs ❤️

Had ramen 🍜 it was good. Little pricey but the flavor was good. The broth was consistent with other ramen pop ups I’ve eaten at. Id say they probably all use the same base. Very clean when we went in. Friendly manager. If I had to find one complaint. The noodles are not super awesome for what you pay. But they do also have Naruto which is a plus!

First time trying RainBowl and it will definitely not be the last. We had the Korean Bibimbap bowl and the Seafood Harvest. Fresh, flavorful, generous portions, and prepared quickly. And a great price for the amount of food. One of the best new finds in Christiansburg. If you like fresh and unique bowls you’re gonna love this place!!