Satsuma Shimuja 薩摩思無邪 – Famous Kagoshima Ramen Shop Opens in Singapore At Tanjong Pagar
Feature - Review, Food - Japanese, Singapore - South
February 19, 2018
Despite opening for a couple of months, this supposedly famous ramen shop from Kagoshima remains quite under the radar. (Also read: 10 NEW Ramen Shops In Singapore) Kagoshima Satsuma Shimuja Ramen has opened at Tanjong Pagar’s Enggor Street, right outside Icon Village. Perhaps the success of a ramen shop in Singapore is a combination of location, branding, and good marketing. I haven’t talked about taste. The words “Shimuja” 思無邪 have an interesting connotation of the purity of the mind though, perhaps a reflection of the Japanese’s noodle-cooking process. Shi = Omoi (Thoughts) Mu = Nashi (Without) Ja = Yokoshima......
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