Keisuke Kani King – Crab Broth Ramen At Orchard Cineleisure, Opens Till 2am Weekends
Feature - Review, Food - Japanese, Singapore - Central
March 01, 2016

What? One more. Shortly after Ramen Keisuke Lobster King at Clarke Quay (I hear that there is a queue of hundreds, and my previous post had literally a thousand of shares), Ramen King Keisuke Takeda opens a Crab Broth Ramen shop at Orchard Cineleisure. (The outlet opens officially on 3 March Thursday.) Crab Broth Ramen can be considered one of Keisuke’s signatures, as he used this particular noodle dish to win the title of Ramen Champion in Japan during 2011. So we say “Bye Bye” to Pancake House of TOKIO at Orchard Cineleisure, and “Hello” to likely long queues......
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