At the 4th floor of the Mandarin Gallery by the Meritus Mandarin Hotel, you will find Ippudo Ramen. It's always full and there's always a long line. Crazy long. We went there just as the place was about to close LOL. Perfect timing.
I let my husband do the ordering for me. All I wanted was spicy ramen :) In fact, all I wanted was a good bowl of ramen. I've been holding off on carbs to keep from feeling sluggish, but I'll make an exception for a good bowl of ramen.
And I found it here :)
It was miso based. My husband ordered something not spicy. Blah :D I tried his soup base and it didn't have that good "kick" like mine
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| The egg was a winner though. It was GOOD! |
I think though, the ramen lacks these "condiments" like black mushrooms, Chinese black fungus, bamboo shoots... but they're available to be ordered separately. So I did :)
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| So spicccyyyyyy!!! |
It was a great meal-- very satisfying! I can't say that this ramen place is better than the one I had in Tokyo (remember Kyushujangara?), but it was satisfying enough for that craving :)
Ippudo does not take reservations, nor do they allow food takeout. Try to come in a little later in the evening to get seats. 4/F Mandarin Gallery, Orchard Road.
P.S. I found it strange though that the restaurant played Elvis music LOL :D But nice ambience overall :)
Merry Christmas, everyone :)
x
TheBagHag