Lunch at Ippudo

I went to the much-raved-about Ippudo sometime this week. So raved, that my Japanese colleague was exclaiming that it’s the most authentic ramen that she has had in Singapore.

Fortunately, just the day before we went, they started allowing bookings (criteria being you have to spend at least $20/pax before tax), so we didn’t have to queue! :)

They have 3 varieties of ramen, namely “Shiromaru” (Light), “Akamaru” (Rich), and “Karaka” (Spicy).

I had the Akamaru ramen with tamago. And well… for some reason I feel a bit bad for saying this, but um it really wasn’t that good. I mean it was a yummy bowl of ramen but… there was nothing really wow about it. The pork wasn’t particularly succulent or melt-in-my-mouth, the soup wasn’t exactly bursting with flavour, the noodles weren’t really Q…

Well perhaps it takes a true Japanese to know how awesome this is. Possibly like I wouldn’t expect a foreigner to have the same opinion about which stall serves the best kang kong or chilli crab?

We also shared:

• Gyoza – Really average gyoza. I’ve had better at food courts, unfortunately.
• Potato salad – Yummy and creamy. :) At least something’s good!
• Ramen salad – Um… sadly another miss.