Ramen Keisuke Tori King

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Item: Ramen Keisuke Tori King
Rating: 4
Author: hushpuppy

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Tanjong Pagar

$11 - $20

Japanese Ramen

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Have always wanted to try this new ramen joint after hearing rave reviews of it. Was on business appointment near this area and had a chance to pop by at around 245pm, their kitchen closes at 3pm and opens again in the evening. And at this timing you smile because you dun have to wait in queue to get a seat. There are two kinds of seating here, one is the bar counter but you dun get to see the chef preparing food and the other are common table and chairs. The place is decorated with lots of japanese propaganda from comic to calligraphy to random japanese signage. i told the waitress its my 1st time here and not sure how to order, this is when she pass me a form for me to customize my ramen according to the ramen type (there is the classic, the spicy and the one with wasabi), noodle texture, soup base level, opt out of any toppings (fried onions, green onions), oil level etc. I chose the tori king ramen special. While waiting i explored the table further, you will be given a small saucer with sesame seed for you to grind to your liking, you can also help yourself to the hard boiled egg (normal & low cholesterol two different options), you are also given a generous bowl of marinated bean spout, a sambal lookalike chilli sauce for the chicken and also the spicy chilli oil sauce which if you add it is equivalent to the type 2 ramen i mention above. i must say for once i felt japanese restaurant served tasty bean sprout and its a nice appetizer. You also have bonito flakes for you to add to your soup. My ramen came with a huge piece of seaweed which i tell you wasn't the most chopstick friendly, i ended up soaking it to soft texture and eating it with spoon else there's no way to mouth that huge piece of leave. It also comes with one piece of pork, a tamago and a chicken drum stick. You will be given a separate side plate to put your drumstick. The soup base is thick and concentrated, i was told its chicken based (orchid hotel outlet is pork based), it went well with the green onions combination and does not leave you with feeling of over-dosage of something heavy in taste. The chicken drumstick was soft and easy to peel off, a relief when it comes to eating a drumstick of this size. Though i'm not sure if the mayonnaise is meant for the chicken, i find that the mayonnaise and sambal chilli combination works well for the chicken meat. my bill works out to be $18.70, that's including 10% service charge and 7% gst. Overall it lived up to its expectation and i'm sure looking forward to try the pork based version at orchid hotel down the street soon.