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[Tokyo, Japan] If you are looking for that one ramen to try in Shinjuku, make your way to Menya Musashi 麺屋武蔵, one of the most popular ramen in Tokyo. Their accolades include several ramen awards since its founding in 1996, 8 shops in Tokyo (1 in Singapore), and is named by Frommer’s as one of [...]

Talk about the best ramen at Tokyo Japan, and many food blogs would recommend Ippudo (Ebisu), Menya Musashi (Shinjuku), Butamen Kenkyujo (Kanda), Aoba (Nakano) Ramen Jiro (Shinjuku) and Ramen Tetsuya (Higashi Koenji) and Metekiya (Ikebukuro). What would you recommend? I followed religiously to the Taiwanese written Tokyo guidebook “东京王 Dong Jing Wang” to the ramen [...]

Keisuke Tonkotsu King – 3 words. First word, creator ‘Keisuke’ Takeda was selected as the top ramen chef in Japan in the Ramen Champion Series which gathered over 30,000 ramen chefs. Second word, ‘Tonkotsu’ represents one of the most popular ramen broth form, cooked with pork marrow bones and fat for hours till it is [...]

[Hong Kong] Wonton Noodles with Michelin Star? Yes, Ho Hung Kee is one of the few Wonton Noodles shop that is actually awarded the One Michelin Star. You would have thought only fine dining restaurants would get accolades like that. Founded in 1946, Ho Hung Kee has only one branch at Causeway Bay, refusing to [...]

Good news for ramen lovers! Menya Musashi, one of Japan’s most highly rated ramen shop, has arrived to Singapore. Menya Musashi is featured on Japanese television frequently for its famous ramen, and its most popular branch at Shinjuku keeps packing in the crowd. (My verdict of the Menya Musashi main outlet at Shinjuku Tokyo here.) [...]

“Just Noodles 面对面” which just ended its run has rekindled my love for noodles. It does have a refreshing take as compared to other food programmes, choosing to focus on one noodle dish per week – from the old, to the expensive and the popular. Sometimes, I pity Kym Ng and wonder if she really [...]

After watching the variety show “Just Noodles 面对面 by Kym Ng and Bryan Wong, I decided to make my way to find the cheapest and most delicious dumpling 水饺 noodles in Singapore. The programme features noodle stalls that sell the costliest or best value-for-money noodles, stalls with the longest historical background, most highly recommended stalls, [...]

It was Miss Tam Chiak who first introduced me this Japanese Baumkuchen cake shop at Toa Payoh, which diversified to sell Japanese noodles of a different style. How does cold ramen, soba and white noodles cooked ‘pasta-style’ sound to you? Or ‘Ice Cube’ ($3.00), which is cold tofu with Thai-infused sauce. My friend Kenny who [...]

[Tokyo, Japan] Roppongi Hills has a breath-taking sight during December where most of the trees would be brightened up with Christmas lights, to a dark-blue purple tinge. Other than that, Roppongi Hills contains the Mori Tower, stores, a museum, an observation deck, and my favourite Curry Udon shop. The idea of Curry Udon may put [...]

I found the Old National Library Wanton Mee! And it is still sold by the Granny Leong aka Poh Poh, who is probably 80 years old now. There are so many childhood foods that disappeared without a trace – because they have moved on, or that the younger generation do not want to take over [...]