I am in the mood for something hot and soupy so headed to Menya Shinchan to try their ramen.
It was not a bad thing at all when I ordered their seafood ramen in shoyu (soy sauce) soup base which came flavoured with sardine as stated in the menu. Apart from the canned sardines, I have not seen fresh or dried ones so I actually did not know what to expect of it. The soup was fragrant and had a mild fishy taste which reminded me of ikan bilis. It was not too bad at all.The ramen was al dente and had a slight chewy texture which in my opinion, was pleasantly tasty when paired with the saltish but flavourful broth. I did not really take note of the accompanying ingredients as they were on the average side but I think there was char shu & bamboo shoots. The portions were small so I slurped up everything pretty fast and was eyeing a sinjiro that someone ordered. It was huge!
I must try that the next time!!!
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4 connoisseur(s):
what's sinjiro?
sinjiro is a soup based ramen which is topped up with a lot of ingredients until u cannot see the ramen in the soup. it is HUGE!!
the things to order at menya are the scorched sesame oil tonkotsu ramen, and also the mazesoba. both are Excellent with a capital E. the sardine broth really totally pales in comparison. always ask for the hard option, cld still be more al dente in my opinion though. but those 2 have my vote for best ramen in town.
p: Thanks for the recommendations. I have tried the spicy mazesoba and found the taste more interesting than the sardine broth ones. As for the noodles, i also like them al dente as they tastes better this way.
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