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Spicy Ramen
2012-06-27 15 views
The spicy ramen from Keisuke Tonkotsu King is one of the best in Singapore. It has a well-balanced of spiciness but not overwhelmed to spice up the taste of ramen. I believe the level of spiciness is adjusted to suit the taste of locals accordingly. The ramen came with the japanese char siew and a big pieces of dried seaweed. The texture of ramen was al dente. I added a fragrant egg for $2.00 though there are free flow of boiled eggs on every table for self-service.
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The spicy ramen from Keisuke Tonkotsu King is one of the best in Singapore. It has a well-balanced of spiciness but not overwhelmed to spice up the taste of ramen. I believe the level of spiciness is adjusted to suit the taste of locals accordingly. The ramen came with the japanese char siew and a big pieces of dried seaweed. The texture of ramen was al dente. I added a fragrant egg for $2.00 though there are free flow of boiled eggs on every table for self-service.
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Worth the wait
2012-06-14 9 views
Whenever I come out from Tanjong Pagar MRT station and walk pass this ramen stall, I will sure see a long queue of people waiting outside patiently. Of curiosity, I went in to try out one day. I was surprise to see a big bowl of hard-boiled eggs on every table. Apparently you can eat as many as you can?! I only had one though.There is also sesame in a small bowl for you to grind, and put sauce in it. I ordered the Black spicy tonkotsu ramen special ($15.8) that came with all toppings including J
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Whenever I come out from Tanjong Pagar MRT station and walk pass this ramen stall, I will sure see a long queue of people waiting outside patiently. Of curiosity, I went in to try out one day. I was surprise to see a big bowl of hard-boiled eggs on every table. Apparently you can eat as many as you can?! I only had one though.
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 There is also sesame in a small bowl for you to grind, and put sauce in it.
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 I ordered the Black spicy tonkotsu ramen special ($15.8) that came with all toppings including Japanese seaweed and pork slices. The meat is tender, and the soup base is very rich and of good flavour, not overly oily too! Overall speaking, the standard is there and surely worth the wait.
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Traditional Japanese Ramen anyone? ;)
2011-12-19 5 views
My friend suggested having lunch at this Japanese ramen restaurant near her apartment, as it looks good from the long queues that she can often see when she passes by. Fortunately as it was a Saturday noon, there was no queue yet when we arrived. When we went in we realised why it has frequent long queues, because the restaurant is very small! hahaThat aside, the menu selection is also pretty limited, just the 3 traditional types of Japanese ramen. We both ordered the Tonkotsu Ramen Special (All
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My friend suggested having lunch at this Japanese ramen restaurant near her apartment, as it looks good from the long queues that she can often see when she passes by. Fortunately as it was a Saturday noon, there was no queue yet when we arrived. When we went in we realised why it has frequent long queues, because the restaurant is very small! haha

That aside, the menu selection is also pretty limited, just the 3 traditional types of Japanese ramen. We both ordered the Tonkotsu Ramen Special (All Toppings ($14.80++), and selected less oily soup base and normal noodle texture. I also asked for "no spring onions".
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 The noodles still turned out a bit tough, but we liked the soup base as it was neither too salty nor oily. I also loved the egg that was in my ramen. Oiishi! There were also free beansprouts & hard-boiled eggs on the table in case we couldn't get enough of them.

I wouldn't say the ramen here is fantastic, but if I am in the area, and there isn't a long queue, I wouldn't mind going in again.

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Ramen ~ worth the wait
2011-12-15 2 views
Saw it open the door for business while I have yet to try, slowly queue was forming up every time I passed by in the evening. It really raised my curiosity about this little ramen shop. I didn’t try it when it first started business because I have a very good ramen at The Central few months back. We reached there early 6pm, it has few people in front of us already. In front of us was a Japanese, he waited patiently with working on his mobile phone. Frankly the wait wasn’t short, we waited a
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 Saw it open the door for business while I have yet to try, slowly queue was forming up every time I passed by in the evening. It really raised my curiosity about this little ramen shop. I didn’t try it when it first started business because I have a very good ramen at The Central few months back. We reached there early 6pm, it has few people in front of us already. In front of us was a Japanese, he waited patiently with working on his mobile phone. Frankly the wait wasn’t short, we waited about 20~30mins then. There was a lady dashed into the shop and requested for takeaway, obviously she was rejected as the chef said ramen should be eaten once it was cooked. She was disappointed and left.

While we were waiting, they would distribute the order form, menu was simple,
1.Soup base : original, spicy and peppery
2.Taste of the soup : light, normal and strong
3.Chicken oil : less, normal and more
4.Noodle texture : soft, normal and hard
5.Prices : $10.80 to 15.80 depends on ingredients
6.Diner can opt out some ingredients like spring onion, black fungus and char siew
7.Soup and noodle can be refilled with $2 each
8.Marinated bean sprouts and boiled egg are free flow.

I have ordered an original ramen and chose authentic Japanese taste, whereas my friend has peppery ramen and a bottle of Sapporo. According to him, pepper was overwhelmed the overall taste. I like the original pork bone soup so much, it was milky smooth, very rich in taste, most importantly it wasn’t too salty, I have no msg aftertaste. Ramen cooked to the right texture to my liking - springy.

Once we be seated, they would give us each sesame grinder, we got to do it ourselves, grind it to release the full sesame fragrance. This is the only extra ingredient I added into my bowl of ramen, I didn’t add the Japanese chilli or mayo as the soup based was so good on its own. We specially like the marinated bean sprouts, we kept eating it and requested for refill. Eggs were boiled to the right consistency, yoke wasn’t overcooked, it was still soft inside.

Though the waiting at the onset was long, we both agreed it was worth the waiting. We did return for second and my friend return for so many times already……
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Keisuke Tonkotsu King
2011-12-15 6 views
This is going to be my no. 1 place for ramen for my grandchildren. It is that good! The soup broth is so bloody thick, every mouthful makes you exclaim in awe. The char siew is succulent and meaty too. Oh! The thing that makes the soup so nice is the......FATS! Yes, every lady's worst enemy. So if you're looking to trim down some, you're gonna miss out on some good ramen
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This is going to be my no. 1 place for ramen for my grandchildren. It is that good! The soup broth is so bloody thick, every mouthful makes you exclaim in awe. The char siew is succulent and meaty too. Oh! The thing that makes the soup so nice is the......FATS! Yes, every lady's worst enemy. So if you're looking to trim down some, you're gonna miss out on some good ramen
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Good Ramen
2011-12-12 14 views
I am always amaze at the constant queue outside this restaurant whenever i pass by the error. I finally decided to join the queue and try out the food and I was not disappointed. I ordered the black spicy ramen with a slice of seaweed which i love. The ramen is cook just right and the broth is both fragrant and tasty. You also can add the complimentary boiled eggs into the soup.
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I am always amaze at the constant queue outside this restaurant whenever i pass by the error. I finally decided to join the queue and try out the food and I was not disappointed. I ordered the black spicy ramen with a slice of seaweed which i love. The ramen is cook just right and the broth is both fragrant and tasty. You also can add the complimentary boiled eggs into the soup.
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Keisuke Tonkotsu King - have it your way!
2011-10-25 6 views
This probably is the best ramen in Singapore as agreed by most. When i was sharing some of the foods eaten during my recent Hong Kong trip in a forum. Someone after reading my review for a famous ramen shop in Central, Hong Kong challenged me to try Keisuke Tonkotsu King and to compare both. I have heard and read certain reviews about this ramen shop located at Orchid Hotel. Some even claimed that this could be the best Ramen in Singapore. When i was in that area to collect my birthday cake, i d
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This probably is the best ramen in Singapore as agreed by most.

When i was sharing some of the foods eaten during my recent Hong Kong trip in a forum. Someone after reading my review for a famous ramen shop in Central, Hong Kong challenged me to try Keisuke Tonkotsu King and to compare both.

I have heard and read certain reviews about this ramen shop located at Orchid Hotel. Some even claimed that this could be the best Ramen in Singapore. When i was in that area to collect my birthday cake, i decided i should go for it. I was there at about 11.45 am, a relatively long queue of about 8 people already formed. While waiting, a friendly waiter came out to distribute the order chips.

On the order chip itself, we were expected to select the type of ramen and the type of ingredients to be added.The taste of the soup is in control by selecting whether we like it to be light, normal or strong. It stated in the order chip that normal is recommended as it is supposed to be the authentic japanese taste. We are in control of the amount of chicken oil to be added by selecting one of the 3 options mentioned earlier and we are able to choose the texture of the noodle to be in between the options of hard, normal or soft. The order chips collected while we were still waiting in the queue.

We decided to go with Red Spicy Tonkotsu Ramen Special with Japanese Seaweed and flavored egg for $15.80 and Black Spicy Tonkotsu Ramen with Japanese Seaweed for $13.80.

We waited for another 10 minutes before ushered into the shop. It is a very small shop with 3 x 2 seaters, 2 x 4 seaters and a bartop seating area for 4. I would suggest not to come in a big group to avoid long waiting time. Once seated, sets of sesame in a little wooden bowl with motar awaited on the table. We were supposed to grind and crushed the sesame seeds to release the nutty fragrance then sprinkled onto the ramen later. Our bowls of ramen were served soon after.

There were free flow of boiled eggs and other condiments like bonito flakes, japanese chilli flakes, spicy bean sprouts and even mayonnaise on the table to flavor the taste of ramen according to our preferences.

The boiled egg was a little overcooked to my liking but the spicy beansprouts was a healthy addition to enhance the flavor. The flavored egg was really good though, there was a light shoyu taste in the egg white and with nice flowing orange colored soft and creamy egg yolk beneath. I would very much willing to pay the extra for the flavored egg and to skip the free boiled egg.

My bowl of spicy ramen was pretty mild in the level of spiciness, so mild that it was not noticeable if it was not given away by the bright red color of the soup broth. I would very much prefer it to be spicier. I added the chilli flakes provided to increase the spiciness a little and hoping to give it an extra kick. I overheard the conversation of the group seated right beside us, they shared the same comment about the spicy ramen, thinking it would be nicer if it was spicier. The slices of pork chashu were in pretty big pieces and pretty well done in taste. It went nicely with the black fungus and the big piece of seaweed added. And, not forgetting the springy ramen with an awesome texture in the well-brewed pork bone broth.

The black ramen was of the black pepper taste. The black pepper taste was a little overwhelmed as we selected strong taste for the soup. It would be wiser to go with normal for the taste of the soup as suggested on their order chit.

And, please remember to bring enough cash as only cash is accepted for payment.

If i am going to compare this to the one that i have eaten during my recent Hong Kong trip then the one that i had in Hong Kong was definitely better.

But i did not eat enough ramen in Singapore to tell whether this is indeed the best ramen in Singapore but the ramen served in Keisuke Tonkotsu King is definitely above average at an affordable prices, it is even as economical as those served by certain ramen chains in Singapore.

I will definitely come back when i am hit by the craving for ramen again.

Strongly recommended.
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