Afterwards, we headed for Centrepoint. Robinson's SALE!! Very tempted to replace our crockery set with the Korean blue porcelain ones. Kimchi on porcelain! Classic!!
Took a short walk to Mandarin Gallery and joined the infamous IPPUDO queue. We must have waited for 15-20 minutes before getting our seats.
After a while, a really cute chick came in with her boy and sat at 2 tables away. I may be mistaken, but I think the boy was JJ Lin. He looked really tiny in person.
Started our lunch with a Japanese Kong Bak Bao (KBB) and some pickled vegetables.
The KB melts in your mouth, but was a little salty for my taste.
Following recommendations by the waitress, we ordered Ramen No.1 and No.2. We didn't know which was which when the ramen bowls arrived. Anyway, both were delicious.
This bowl tasted like the Bedok North Bak Chor Mee with miso. Flavourful. Savoury minced pork.
Makes one wonder if anyone would pay SGD15 for a ramen bowl of Bedok North Bak Chor Mee? I would! Especially in a dreary and rainy Cambridge winter evening.
SGD15 for a bowl of ramen isn't as crazy as it can get. According to Reuters, it can cost more than USD100 per bowl at a top restaurant in Tokyo.
This bowl is lighter on the tongue than the above. More comfort food-ish.
The best part of these bowls was the ramen. The texture is slightly smoother than my favourite wanton mee. Mmmm...
IPPUDO and Jones The Grocer are on the 4th floor, just a few steps away from each other. The crowd at IPPUDO is overwhelmingly Asian (Singaporean, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese etc), while at Jones the Grocer, it's overwhelmingly white. Perhaps this is the answer to Uniting Oriental Asia and Asians: Neither a Korean drama, nor Asian Games... But a bowl of hot soupy noodles... 面文化.
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