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New ramen shop Daruma Ramen House is actually not from Japan, but first set up in Hong Kong, re-created and updated by proprietor Charlie Chan. Before you feel too suspicious about its quality, Daruma is named one of the top 5 ramen restaurants in Hong Kong by Tatler, with endorsement from singer Eason Chan saying [...]

There is a very delicious new ramen shop at Orchid Hotel Tanjong Pagar. No, no, no. I am not talking about Keisuke Tontotsu King. It’s been there, done that. (Read: 5 New & Best Ramen Places in Singapore) Say Hello to Menya Sanji 麺屋三士, which refers to the ‘three warriors’ of the Meiji restoration, thus [...]

Am I wrong to say that Singapore is the next best place to have ramen after Japan? We are so fortunate. There are so many ramen restaurants in Singapore, with many more new openings in 2012. And Ramen is very personal. Tell a Marutama fan that Ippudo is better and you are likely to get [...]

Ramen alert again! Another ramen shop has opened at Orchard Road, and you probably have not heard of it yet. The new Kitakata Rahmen Yamakichi has found a spot at Orchard Plaza, replacing Noodle House Ken at a more dodgy part of Orchard where there are quite a few authentic Japanese food places. Kitakata ramen? [...]

Another good news for ramen lovers. Ramen Keisuke Tori King has just opened at the newly renovated Amara Hotel Shopping Mall. This time, the Ramen King is bringing yet another spin to the traditional ramen – chicken thigh with chicken stock! Keisuke Tokyo Ramen is already well-known for its creative take on ramen, having won [...]

Ramen Bar Suzuki claims that they sell “the real” traditional tonkotsu (pork bone) noodles, and further says that “there are only 2 places in Singapore” that serves the authentic deal. (When asked, they revealed that the other is Ippudo.) They have three ramen choices – basic white, red representing hot and spicy, and black, similar [...]

Another ramen shop with an impressive CV opens in Singapore – famous Fukuoka ramen chain, 59 years of history, helmed by Ignatius Chan, owned by Iggy’s the top restaurant in Singapore. He is also behind the high-end Kaiseki restaurant Yoshiyuki downstairs. Looks like there is another reason to go to the rather Forum the Shopping [...]

Menya Musashi opens another branch at Ion Orchard, replacing the lackluster Aoba Ramen, with a lot less fanfare as the Raffles City outlet. For those new to the name, Menya Musashi exploded in the ramen scene in 1996 Tokyo, and have been called “pioneer of the Japanese ramen boom”. Their food and décor is inspired [...]

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 [...]