I make it a point to eat comfort food during the exam period because I need the warm, fuzzy, nourishing feeling it gives me to get through the week(s). This is yet another restaurant in the CBD because I had dinner there after studying.
It’s a pretty narrow and small restaurant, and was completely empty at 6pm. Because it was empty, and the silence was just what I needed after the hours of studying. Also, I love how they only serve four different kinds of ramen – tonkotsu, miso, shio and shoyu (with the tonkotsu and miso having spicy versions), so indecisive people like me don’t need to deliberate for long before ordering.
(We chose the Tonkotsu Ramen and Shio Ramen since it was recommended.)
Tonkotsu Ramen
Creamy-white pork bone broth with slices of tender, melt-in-your-mouth chashu, seaweed, Japanese fishcake, bamboo shoots, some greens and half an egg (you can’t see the egg in the photo but it’s there). The ramen was delightfully soft and chewy, which I slurped up eagerly partially because I was really starving. It tasted like they’d made it fresh rather than took it out of a packet. The warm soup was more than welcome in the cold rainy weather and tasted homey – thankfully not too rich and flavourful, and not too salty either. I also loved how they make their eggs kind of soft-boiled, with a mushy, semi-runny yolk.
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Shio Ramen
The Shio ramen came with the exact same condiments, just in a different kind of soup base. This clear soup was a lot saltier, but a lot more appetizing, actually. The noodles went better with this soup, but the eggs tasted better when dipped in the Tonkotsu broth. I tried mixing half a spoonful of the Tonkotsu and Shio soup together and it actually tasted pretty good!
I wasn’t actually craving ramen before this meal, but now I like it even more. Comfort food does that to you. Noodles are the ultimate of Asian comfort food for me.
