Ikkousha Ramen @ Bugis+ Singapore

During my short modelling trip to Singapore, I made it to Bugis+ mall on the free evening we had to try out the famous Ikkousha Ramen, URC (Ultimate Ramen Championship) of 2011, being Singapore's best selling ramen last year.

100,531 bowls, to be exact.


Special Ramen, $16.50 (sing dollar)

Famous of their Hakata-style thin ramen, which I love, blanched exactly 15 seconds only, Ikkousha ramen has amazing broth. Very rich pork flavor without the pungent taste. Their ajitama (flavored egg) has good accurate runny yolk but I still prefer's Marutama's soy-salty darker appearance eggs, which were more flavorful given the extra savory taste.

The pork slices were generous and very big in portion; thin, but big. But they lack fat in them which resulted in a tougher texture. I like my 'char siew' fattier and softer.


Spicy TAKANA Ramen, $15.50

The spicy version doesn't have the eggs and with only one slice of pork but given the extra chili flakes, which provided oomph to the broth. You can order add-ons of the eggs and pork.

Ordered Gyoza which was a tad oily and mediocre. No photo.

Verdict: love the broth, the noodles, not so much the pork slices and eggs.




located inside Ramen Champion
201 Victora Street, BUGIS+ (formerly ILUMA)
in BUGIS, #04-10
Tel: 6238 1011
Opening hours: daily 11:30 am to 10:30 pm

Ramen Champion
Changi Airport T3
Tel: 6214 2958
Opening hours: daily 11:30 am to 10:30 pm

Flutes at the Fort, Singapore

So taking the chance of unlimited food expenditure in Singapore, I took the chance to visit Flutes at the Fort,


Taken from the site


a fine dining restaurant I saw on Timothy's blog followed by Yee Hou's helpful guidance to the place.




Having tasted some of the finest bread and caramelised balsamic vinegar in the Hunter's wineries, I find normal balsamic vinegar too acidic for me.




Boring taste I would say, the olive oil wasn't really smooth either.

Without hesitation, I ordered two appetizers: foie gras and scallops for my dinner. No, not a main course fan, and my cravings for dessert seemed to have died since August last year.




The scallops were big, I give them that. But not as splendid in taste than its looks.

Halfway, I spotted something remarkably attrative (at least to me)




My first love!! Nivole Moscato d'Asti. The first wine I've ever drank when I first got introduced to wine




Sweet, fruity, lightly spritz and very easy to drink. Probably the easiest wine to drink ever!

The Foie Gras were nice. Probably a bit too raw for my liking as I can almost taste the pungent raw organ smell, but then that's just my tongue.




Everyone else found it wonderfully prepared and top quality.

The fish on a bed of mash potato was superb though.




Especially the mash potato, the creamy soft texture of the mash exceeded my expectation and well placed in my best picked food list.




Didn't have the chance to try the baked fish nor the lamb shank. But heard that the latter was pretty well done, attention on the sauce.




We did however squeezed in one dessert at the end as most of us were too full to order anything else.




Banana souffle, really really good. Never knew banana and souffle can ever mix, but they did and they did well.

I love the strong banana flavor that's baked to perfection and the inside silky soft like any perfectly baked souffle should be.




The banana cream at the side was a good condiment to the souffle. Cold paired with the hot.



A plus.

The damage.





Rating: 4.5/5


Flutes at the Fort
Fort Canning Park
Entrance through the Singapore Philatelic Museum’s carpark at 23B Coleman Street

Tel: 6338 8770

E-mail: flutes@flutes.com.sg
Website: www.flutes.com.sg

Coffee Club, Singapore

Two years ago I chanced upon this open concept restaurant on Orchard Road on my Christmas visit, being a vegetarian I was, I ordered the only sandwich that's completely vegetarian on the menu, and fell in love with it.




The Swiss Mushroom Melt sandwich.

Heavenly.

Two years have passed and the food has changed since (from good to bad :( ), but it was a journey down the memory lane. I missed the experience tremendously.

My sandwich did not disapppoint completely.

My brother ordered the Really Huge Chicken Sandwich.




Which wasn't that huge and wasn't that grand.

However the smoked salmon Caeser Salad was rather pleasing.




Their star menu list, a dory crust thingy, was a disappoint though.




They might as well made my Swiss Mushroom Melt the star product instead of this.

For dirnks, my brother had the Pina Colada, which was ALRIGHT.




But anything better than the 1 dollar 50 cents too small Evian mineral water.






Coffee Club
323 Orchard Road (S)238892