Money CAN Buy Happiness The last time I dined at @hanamaruken_sg , I had rice instead of their famous ramen that’s achieved legendary status in its hometown of Osaka. So this time I had to set things right, and I ordered a Double Happiness Ramen ($19.80++). Double Happiness barely begins to describe the joy of seeing this bowl of ramen laden with chashu, a sizeable slab of soft bone pork rib, a whole ramen egg, and lots of bamboo shoots.⠀
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I am well acquainted with the stellar soft bone pork rib, and it was just as tremendously tender and tasty as the last time. It has been stewed for so long until the soft bones, which are normally inedible, have turned into tubes of pure collagen. Ladies, forget all that overpriced crap from that skee-skee ass cosmetics company that keeps putting unavoidable twenty second ads on my YouTube mobile videos. Just eat a whole slab of this astonishingly tender pork rib that falls apart when you pick it up with chopsticks regularly, and you’ll have skin as smooth as a baby’s.⠀
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Of course, the broth is the pride and joy of Hanamaruken for good reason. It’s easily the most flavourful, richest & most luscious ramen broth I’ve had in Singapore, and it’s the perfect bath for the springy handmade ramen along with all the amazing accoutrements. Crazy what boiling pork bones along with soy sauce & a whole bevy of secret spices for more than eight hours can do. The chashu is more familiar to us Chinese as regular braised pork belly, but it’s even more tender & delicious thanks to the low & slow stewing process.⠀
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Now, whoever said that money can’t buy happiness needs to get over here so I can smack some sense into them.