Ramen Champion, Bugis+

He brought me to this very cool place - Ramen Champion at Bugis+. It's a restaurant consisting of several ramen stalls which are battling amongst one another to serve the best Japanese ramen! You will be spoilt for choices by the ramens there. 

Special Tonkotsu Ramen - Ayama ($15+)

Since I was so spoilt for choices, I couldn't quite decide on which ramen to get actually. I picked the Ayama stall after seeing the long queue there and ordered the Special Tonkotsu Ramen which was the stall's 人气 No.1 (Most popular choice). The soup based was thick but yet didn't make me feel sick of it after finishing the whole bowl. The noodles were chewy. The cha shu and egg were not superb. Despite our bad review on Ippudo, I felt that Ippudo's egg and cha shu were more fragrant actually.

White Negitama Rama - Toyama ($14.95+)

On the other hand, he had the White Negitama Rame from Toyama Stall. Instead of the usual shoyu ramen, it is the Chicken White Collagen Ramen which tasted like chicken-based soup broth with collagen. Delicious!

Total bill: $32.05 (No Service Charge, only GST)

Ramen Champion
Bugis+
201 Victoria Street
#04 - 10
Singapore 188607
TEL: +65 6238 1011
http://www.ramenchampion.com.sg/

Operating Hours: Daily11:30 am to 10:30 pm

Yayoiken Restaurant

We were at the Yayoiken Restaurant at Bugis+ at about 6 plus-ish and got our seats after queuing for awhile, and the queue just never ended.

Upon ordering our meals, they served our food very promptly and refilled our water quite frequently throughout our stay. Thumbs up!

Tonkatsu Set ($13.90++)

I had the Tonkatsu set, while Prince had the Chicken Namban Set. The tonkatsu was bad. I was a little disappointed went I first saw the colour of the tonkatsu, as it didn't look crispy brown as what I thought it should be. When I tasted it, it was quite hard to chew on. Probably, it was not fried thoroughly. I would prefer the tonkatsu I had at Tampopo. The salad, toufu and soup was decent. The Japan rice was good. It is free-flow, so you can refill your rice bowl at their rice-cooker corner.

Chicken Namban Set ($12.90++)

The special tartar sauce which they used for the chicken really goes well with it. The meat is soft and tender and flavorful and makes this a good choice for a meal. Recommended for those who are planning to give Yayoiken a go.

Total bill: $31.50

Yayoiken Restaurant

Bugis+
201 Victoria Street,
#01-02 Singapore 188067
Opening hours : 10:00 - 22:00
http://www.yayoiken.sg/

Kazokutei

Mini Katsu Don Set ($4++)

Curry Udon ($6.90++)

Toji Nabe

Katsu Don + Toji Nabe (pic above) = $12.90++

These dishes are from kazokutei's branch in Bugis Junction. The maid concluded that they like to create set meals that are smaller in portion but consists of both rice and noodle so that we have a greater variety which is good to the diner. However the bowl used for the curry udon was just too big and it made the udon pale in comparison when placed inside it.

Upon the maid's request, we went to Everything with Fries specially for their nutella tart. This outlet in Bugis is different from those fast-food style concept from EwF. The tart was really sweet and I'd recommend this to be shared among 4 people as you will get sick of the sweetness and chocolatey taste. Remember to top it off with a scoop of ice cream or else it would be boring.

Ah Loy Thai

Lemon Tea ($1)

Phad Thai 

Seafood Tomyum ($7.90)

Tom yum soup is damn damn spicy(at least for me). However, the taste of spiciness mixed with the sourness made me crave for more even though I couldn't take the ultimate spicy level. Suggest to share with 4 people to share the spiciness.

Pineapple Fried Rice ($5.50)

Portion of phad thai and the pineapple fried rice is considered generous and if you are a big eater, this should satisfy you. They are really generous with the number of big prawns and meat portions too. On the downside, they used many small prawns(not shrimps) and it has a fishy smell from the ocean.
 

Red Ruby ($3.70)

  

This dessert is just average but the generous portions of food and good taste more than makes up for it. Highly recommended place for revisits and remember to call for reservations as they are mostly running on full house, even on weekday evenings.

Also read our Ah Loy Thai Tampines Mall review here.

Ah Loy Thai Restaurant

100 Beach Road

#01-39/40

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