Kopitiam & hawker (unvaccinated) series: The japanese ramen shop

 Craving for some japanese ramen during this time? No problem, come to this kopitiam. 

This kopitiam is quite interesting as it serve different kinds of cuisine, thai, korean, japanese.

Today i am here to have my RAMEN. Specifically Shinjitsu Ramen. 

I ordered the Tonkotsu special because it the only one with the ramen egg and the pork slices (chasu). I like the egg that is soft boiled in the middle. The broth is quite decent. Not as unami as i would have like. Noodles is not too shabby as well. 

Overall, this is a satisfying meal. Yay ramen craving settled. 

Address: 125 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh, #01-523, Toa Payoh Heights, S310125

Kanshoku Ramen Bar -a ramen easy fix

The layout of the restaurant is very open. You can see people doing their shopping while enjoying your ramen.

We ordered the signature Kanshoku ramen (S$13.90). The broth is light and milky but still quite nice.

Rated: 6/10

The ohitashi xiao bai cai (S$4.90) caught my eye for its name. Though light on the palate but it is a cold dish. The xiao bai cai, seem to be glazed with oil and put in the fridge and taken out to serve. 
Rated: 5/10

The nagoya chicken wings (S$6.90) are last to be served but we have been forewarned that this may take a while. The sauce used to coat the chicken is in-between BBQ and chilli. I didn't really like this as its more sweet than spicy and the sauce makes the entire chicken a bit gooey.
Rated: 6/10
 
Food tasted: 30 April 2016

Kanshoku Ramen Bar

Tel: 6384 4770
277 Orchard Road , #01-06, Orchard Gateway, Orchard, Singapore 238858

Opening Hours: 

Monday - Sundays: 11 am - 10 pm

Kanshoku Ramen

Tel: 6684 4033
9 Buona Vista Drive , #01-18, The Metropolis, Singapore 138588

Opening Hours: 

Monday - Fridays: 11 am - 9 pm



 

Ramen Keisuke Kani - Bad service so-so ramen

Happens that my sister, brother-in-law and baby niece is in the vicinity, we arranged to have dinner date at Ramen Keisuke Kani. Reached cineleisure and there is already a long line formed. I estimated the wait to be at least an hour. Since Darling is still having his haircut, we decided to bite the bullet and joined the queue. 

The hour wait wasn't that bad but when we are the next patrons to enter the shop, we are told to move our stroller. Ok, sure we moved it to a side. Then again the usher keep telling us we are in the way of the entrance (p.s my baby niece is fussy so once we sit she will start to wail). We endured the usher many comments that we are in the way while trying also not to block the way of other patrons.

Finally we got to sit down and ordered our food. There appetizers and hard boiled eggs that are available for free. So we scooped and enjoyed the FREE food while waiting for our ramen. I asked the same usher for water and you know what he told us that water won't be served when food isn't served. ?#!% His service attitude really sucks. Subsequently, i asked another young nice waitress and she quickly obliged and served us water. Such a stark contrast in attitude. 

We ordered crab broth ramen with clear soup + all toppings (S$17.90) and also the crab broth ramen with rich soup + all toppings (S$18.90). 

Personally between the 2 broths, i prefer the clear soup while Darling like the rich soup. Which works out fine as we don't need to fight over the same bowl!

The clear soup is very light on palate and has a distinct yuzu citrus taste. The noodle for this pretty soft. While the rich broth has very a overwhelmingly strong crab flavour. The rich broth has additional black fungus and noodle is more chewy. I not sure if its on purpose because i remember selecting the same texture for the noodle. 

The rich soup is brewed with swimming crabs and chicken bones for more than 8 hours. While the clear soup is with a mixture of crabs and vegetables for 6 -8 hours. Perhaps that explains the difference in intensity of flavours. 

But i am not very impressed with the ramen as i felt that the broth is too intense, the flavours are too sharp and strong that they overwhelm the other ingredients. There is no sweet lightness that i prefer in my soups. Though i know of many other people who are singing this may be their best bowl of ramen in their lifetime. 

One thing for sure i will never do join this queue for another hour. 

Food tasted: 8 April 2016

Ramen Keisuke Kani

Tel: 6262 6968
8 Grange Road, #01-03, Cathay Cineleisure, Orchard, Singapore 239695

Opening Hours: 

Monday - Thursdays: 12 pm - 3 pm, 5 pm - 10 pm, Fridays: 12 pm - 3 pm, 5 pm - 2 am, Saturdays: 12 pm - 2 am, Sundays: 12 pm - 10 pm