This place is so far the most authentic ramen shop in Singapore. Its pretty small, but all ramen shops are small. Do get there early as queues form very quickly - for all the restaurants in The Central for that matter. Maybe it's the IN or happening place at the moment.
The chefs were Japanese, which was a good sign. Most are young with bandana (Stud, I hope the spelling is correct. We need to shop for one for you.) They even had a waitress that was Japanese as well. It appears to be family owned. Their menu was in both English and Japanese. They must get a lot of Japanese customers. Well, on to the food...
Since it was a holiday, they ran out of their 2 special ramens. The special nut soup base one is the one that we really wanted to try. Oh well. So we had to settle for their house dish. The chicken soup base ramen and the chicken soup base ramen with chilli. Wow!!! Very clever. Must be there to satisfy the local tastes. Normally, the chilli one is not there in Japan.
One might think that only having 3-4 different flavors of ramen is not much, but this is quite common in Japan. We also ordered it with extra Aosa seaweed (no idea what that means) and extra negi (spring onions). Oh yeah, they were also out of the ajitsuke tamago (soya sauce flavored soft boiled egg). Note: get there early on weekends and holidays. The side dish we ordered was the buta kaku ni (braised pork belly). This was actually pretty tasty. But at $7 for 3 pieces, definitely not value for money.
The ramen was pretty good. However, the chilli was way too strong for the mild chicken broth, which was actually quite tasty. It overpowered the soup. The noodles were thin (just the way I like them) and just the way they are supposed to be for such a thin soup. The char siu was ok. I've had much better. So was the egg. The yolk could have been more runny. The additional spring onion and seaweed at $1 was really not worth it. They do have something cool that most ramen places here don't have. They have something called 'kaedama' where if you still have some soup leftover and are not quite full yet, you can order another round of noodles for just another buck. Good for those big eaters...
Overall, this place is not bad. Would like to go back to try their special nut soup base. Definitely worth the trip to have their ramen. Would like to see them extend their menu though. Don't know if the public will get bored of the menu.
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