From the advertisement in the newspaper, it seems to be a direct branch from its Japan headquarters.

Wanted to give it a try since it seems authentic to me.

And from what a relative tell me,

It is really worth trying.

You know what,

My uncle wasn't lying.

The ramen is as good as it is advertised.

So last night my family and I decided to give this heavily-promoted cuisine a try.

We went there for supper at about 9:30pm.

And when we got there, guess what,

The place was still super packed.

My dad had to park his car a few blocks away.

The restaurant itself welcomed me with a sense of originality that a ramen parlour should have, in my opinion.

There were really a lot of people working there, like a couple dozens or so.

About half of them were in the kitchen.

It was full of noise.

The voices were really loud.

My dad was kinda disturbed by it, but the manager told us that this was done to keep the spirits of the workers up.

So that they work fast, and passionately.

And believe me, that worked out so well.

My order, the Buta Ramen, or pork ramen, came shortly in about 5 minutes after I admired the wooden characteristics of the place. Wooden tables and chairs, wooden wall, wooden seasonings and tissue boxes.

The ramen itself looked rather normal,

The portion was also small (to me, at least. HAHA).

There was a generous portion of rich broth made from chicken bones, pork bones, and fish bones.

On top of the dish were sprinkled sesame, chopped spring onion and a Japanese-ramen egg cut into half (I don't know what the egg is called, but damn, it sure was tasty).

I personally like it that they provide us with a full egg. From what I know about ramen parlours, normally they would only give us half of the egg.

And the egg yolk is half-cooked, just what I would expect from a good ramen.

So, looks-wise, not very excellent.

Now, this is where "don't judge a book by its cover" idiom applies perfectly.

Before we started, the manager told us that even though the place is noisy, customers keep coming back. With that, he politely asked us to proceed with our dish.

When trying a new ramen, I believe that the soup should always be the start.

So I went to scoop me some broth.

And wow, let me tell you, I had nothing else to say.

Just wow.

That soup was so rich with taste.

And it was not salty kind of taste.

It was a hearty, soupy kind of taste.

In short, after my first slurp,

I was elated.

And the rest, they were just as good.

The noodles were okay though. Just like how any good ramen should be.

The eggs were great.

The pork meat was... too little! Hahaha.

Still,

It was worth the price.

A bowl costs about Rp50,000, about SGD 8.

Quite cheap if you ask me, since a bowl of ramen this standard in Singapore normally would have me forking out 20 bucks or so.

So, taste-wise: 9.5/10

Conclusion:

I would come back for seconds, that is for sure.

Soon, very soon.

Haha.

And I don't mind some company.