The prawn ramen soup had a good savoury prawn flavour, although it tasted burnt and chao ta. Everything else was good – the noodles had bite, the prawns were fresh and springy (although I couldn’t taste any sweetness due to the chao ta), and the egg was molten. Not bad – brought me back to the Keisuke prawn ramen.
The Menbaka tonkotsu ramen was a good bowl of ramen. The noodles and soup were nice but not exceptional.
This tasted more like roasted onions, whereas Gogyo was more like yakiniku. And if I had to choose between the two, I'd choose Gogyo. But I'll eat this again if I don't have to wait in line.
if I had to choose between the two, I'd choose Gogyo. But I'll eat this again if I don't have to wait in line.
This is their first overseas outlet outside Kyoto.
The brand is the inventor of Kyoto’s famous fire ramen and with only one outlet in Japan, this also makes Singapore its second outlet in the world.
The brand was opened in 1984 by ramen master Masamichi Miyazawa and it has remained as Japan’s Number One Fire Ramen.
I do enjoy the ramen here, and hopefully the opening of Menbaka will also bring a new lease of life to the relatively dead Cineleisure Orchard.
Menbaka is, after all, known for its Fire Ramen, with brownie points for the fire show, so the other menu items are secondary.
Menbaka Fire Ramen soon became a hotspot for Japanese diners and tourists from around the world.