What I really wanted was ramen what I actually bought was bento

The other night, we finished work really late. And most of the places that we want to go to has their last orders by 9.30pm. We could either go to Seoul Garden Hotpot at Cineleisure Orchard which closes at 2am on Saturdays, Siam Kitchen at City Square Mall which is pretty laid back with their last order timings or Ramen Ten at Far East Plaza which closes at about 1030. So we ended up at Ramen Ten this time. I actually wanted a steaming big bowl of oyakudon ramen. And then I looked to the left and the couple next to us were having bento, hmmm and I was easily swayed.

I had a chicken bento, the chicken was really moist, and was cooked in an eggy sauce. And so perfect with the hot rice. A meal without Idako is never complete, so we ordered a set. Idako is marinated baby octopus, sweet and chewy. The bento set came with sides like potato salad, a cup of chawanmushi (which they were out of and was replaced with agadashi tofu) and miso soup. So what I really like about their miso is that it’s milky, well probably because they add milk to the miso. But it’s just really really good. I dispensed with the formalities and just slurped from the bowl. It was satisfying!

Maple Swiss Roll by Iron Chef Sakai

Really loved this Swiss roll endorsed by Iron Chef Sakai. It comes in Maple, Matcha, Chocolate and plain. The maple Swiss roll was not overly sweet, it had a pudding like filling kinda like Creme Brûlée. As part of the current annual Kyushu fair at Tampines Mall, I rushed to get a few rolls. Chocolate was bittersweet and nutty, plain was nice and fluffy but the best was the maple, not so sweet and simply delicious. Loooooove it!

Once upon a cold rainy night…ramen came to the rescue

Yesterday, the thunderstorms started early. We were supposed to have salads again for dinner (sad attempt to reduce the amount of rice I consume, but in the first place I eat very little ) but I digress. Anyways like any other night after work and after prayers at the mosque, there’s always an argument of what to eat, where to eat etc.. Since it was so cold yesterday, ramen seemed like the perfect way to warm ourselves up. So we headed to Ramen Ten at Far East Plaza.

I really wanted to try the black pepper duck ramen, but they ran out of it. So we ordered oyster ramen, seafood ramen and beef teriyaki ramen, with side dishes of chawanmushi, deep fried scallops, calamari and agadeshi tofu.

The highlight to any Japanese meal to me has to be chawanmushi. And Ramen Ten, made it so well, so light and flavorful with every scoop. They ran out of the chawanmushi too so we only managed to get two cups of it. The oyster ramen was to die for! The oyster fritters was crispy, and just melts in your mouth with each bite. I think the best way to eat it to soak it in the broth. The broth in itself was so tasty, oishi, I just couldn’t stop myself from finishing the whole bowl. The noodles oh I could just wax lyrical over it, had such a bite and was so springy. The seafood ramen, had so much seafood, you could taste the freshness of the prawns. The teriyaki beef was delish as usual!

One thing that I really wish they’d have are the kind of soft yolked hard boiled eggs that one would get in Japan. I love eggs, and whenever I see those soft egg yolks in pictures i’d just gush but anyways. Yeah would really love if they have those ramen eggs. Mmmmmm we ordered some sushi too, but I was too slow to snap some pictures before it was eaten up. But my favorite sushi has to be their soft shell crab ones oooh so crispy, and spicy all at the same time. Argh now I’m craving for another bowl of oyster ramen!!