Tempura Ramen @ Sakae Sushi

I have been seriously craving for Japanese ramen noodle soup since having it at Suki Sushi last week. So off I went to Sakae Sushi, the nearest Japanese place from my office, and had this for lunch: Tempura Ramen.

Basically, it was a plain ramen noodle soup with two pieces of ebi tempura at the side. The tempura was good but wasn't served with the tempura sauce, though I don't know why I didn't ask for some anyway.

As for the ramen, it was a bit on the bland side. Not as tasty as the Seafood Ramen at Suki Sushi. Maybe because it didn't have a lot of ingredients in it? It only had some greens, sliced mushrooms, fish slices and half a hard boiled egg. But I think not, the soup and the noodles were bland. And with not much in it, most of the dish you'll be eating are the noodles and soup.

So even with this ramen, my craving has not been fulfilled. I may just end up going over to Suki Sushi for the actual Seafood Ramen I liked in the first place.

Sakae Sushi
CPF Building (Robinson Road)
79 Robinson Road
#01-05 Singapore 068897
T: 6227 0323
www.sakaesushi.com.sg


Opening Hours:
11:00am - 9:30pm (Mon - Fri)
Closed on Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays

Seafood Ramen in Shoyu Soup @ Suki Sushi

I was out sick yesterday and after the doctor's visit I dropped by the nearest Japanese place which happened to be Suki Sushi at SingPost Centre.

I was thinking of getting some salmon sashimi but when I got there thought twice about it. Wasn't really sure about eating raw food on a sensitive stomach. I decided on something hot and soothing for the belly. Enter: Seafood Ramen with Shoyu Sauce.

At Suki Sushi, when you order your ramen you choose between 3 soups: (1) pork broth -- which obviously is a no, (2) miso soup -- which if you've read my previous entry is also a no for me, and lastly (3) Shoyu or in simpler terms soy sauce -- which was the winner! And a good choice at that since one of the best parts about this ramen was the Shoyu soup. It was oh so tasty and flavorful. The ramen noodles were okay but I would have gladly gone without it. The seafood in the soup were: salmon, squid, prawns and faux fish. It also had half a boiled egg, some greens -- not sure though what kind they were, and some brown things that I didn't taste coz I didn't recognize them in the first place.

Along with my ramen, I ordered their ebi tempura. My love of ordering at work here. I just knew I couldn't finish it all but I really wanted some tempura and well, you can't order just a piece or two so I was wasteful and ordered one serving (5 prawns) for myself.

In conclusion, I'd go back and just get their Seafood Ramen in Shoyu soup. I wonder if I can convince them to nix the ramen and just give me the soup.

27 Oct 2010, UPDATE: I dropped by Suki Sushi last night and it seems that they no longer give you your choice of soup when ordering their ramen. Now, their ramen comes with the pork-based soup while their udon comes with "clear soup" -- whatever that is. You can only choose your soup when you order their Char Siew Ramen/Udon. Boo for me since the char siew is a no-no. Sadness.

Suki Sushi
B1-08 SingPost Centre
10 Eunos Road 8
408600 Singapore
T: 6746 8192
Operating Hours: 12noon to 10pm
www.sukigroup.com.sg