Ramen Play

Junction 8 has been one of my childhood haunts since its the neighbourhood mall which i always used to go to! before there was AMK hub, J8 was where we went while i was in stnicks. then after that i went to RJ and J8 was right there, a 15min walk from school. since then, i havent been there in awhile! and when i went there a few weeks ago, i realised there were quite a bit of changes! especially to the breadtalk/toastbox/icingroom/ramenplay chain of stores. well, there didn't use to be icing room and ramen play there, but yup, it has expanded to include these too! breadtalk/icing room looks really pretty and pink now! :D and toastbox is now combined with ramen play in a much more spacious outlet on its own, opposite the mrt station.

that's a picture of my mini sanpou shoyu ramen. i got the mini value combo ($11.80) which i think is really quite worth it! oh yeah, for the sanpou shoyu ramen must add $2 cos its special. haha. anyway, i preferred the mini size cos its more manageable? and it comes with a side dish and a drink. the original size ramen is priced at $14.80. anyway what is special about the sanpou ramen is the three types of meat in it! there is a piece of Toroniku (braised pork cheek), Cha Shu (braised pork belly in char siew sauce) and Buta Kakuni (braised pork belly in special sauce). i loved how the meat was beautiful melt-in-your-mouth softness of the meat! and the egg was done wonderfully as well, you could see the part hard-boiled, part oozy and juicy egg yolk, and even the egg white was in the nice half-done way! cool! the soup was not bad as well, i preferred this to Zhen's version. but it was nothing to shout about in my opinion.

this was my side dish, the mini dango set, which is basically baked (i think) chicken balls covered with a nice barbeque sauce and mayo. yumyum! :D

Zhen's mini tonkotsu ramen (also the set meal) was pretty much similar to mine. the thing about their ramen is that there is hardly any meat :/ like mine had one piece of each kind of meat, and i think hers just had one piece of cha shu -.- which is a pretty sad case -.-

for her side, she got the crispy dango, which is the deep fried version of my chicken balls.

mummy and papa got the unagi toji set ($14.80) which is grilled unagi (eel) wrapped in soft fluffy eggs which were really yummy and comes in a sizzling hot pot that smelled awesome! taste wise, it was not bad!

one more thing was that they had this cute sign that said "Chose your poison" in which the "poison" refers to their selection of condiments like stir-fried chili chives, chili paste and garlic chips. guess which one i chose? the GARLIC! :D haha. i sprinkled a whole spoonful in my soup, but i'm still not as extreme as Zhen who put in even more. zomg. haha it added a nice flavour to the soup (: (:

Ramen Play

Junction 8 #01-51

Tel.: +65 6258 2661

Sun-Thurs: 10.30am to 10.30pm

Fri, Sat & Even of PH: 10.30am to 12am