🥢 Topped with Parmesan Cheese dusted Enoki Tempura, Chashu and Japanese Negi

🧾 SGD$10.90

✍🏻 ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆〘5/10〙

💬 What a sight to behold! A mountain of crispy fried golden enoki mushrooms sitting atop a bowl of shoyu ramen. The enoki tempura was freshly fried and each bite was crunchy and chewy at the same time, certainly a welcoming contrast. Unfortunately I could not take my time to savour the fried enoki as it became a race against time to finish them before they inevitably get soggy. While a short soak actually upgrades the tempura; by softening it just enough to still give off a soft crunch while oozing out the soaked up broth, any longer turns it into a soggy mess. Hidden below the mushrooms were a few tender chashu slices and ramen noodles that were firm to the bite (props to Takagi for being pretty consistent). The broth itself was rather light; as it should be, but the shoyu flavour was subtle and lacking. Losing the race against time meant having lumps of off-putting mushy batter floating on an already light broth, that is now overpowered by the tempura's oil. Perhaps it would have been better if the enoki came on a side plate instead. All in all, I think the ramen was not bad but not great either.