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Ginzawa – Japanese Restaurant at Palais Renaissance Impresses With Chirashi...
Chirashi Don is like the IN Japanese food, and Ginzawa’s luxuriously fresh and elaborately plated version would be a shoo-in for one of the best Chirashi Don in Singapore. Ginzawa Japanese Restaurant,...
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Ippudo Shaw Centre – New Branch and Offering of Tan Tan Tonkotsu Ramen
Ippudo remains as one of my favourite ramen restaurants. Is it the best ramen in Singapore? Still debatable, as the quality can be inconsistent from branch to branch, but at least you know there is a...
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Sapporo Ramen Miharu – Authentic Sapporo Ramen Moved To Millenia Walk
Sapporo Ramen Miharu remains as one of my top 5 ramen in Singapore, for reasons of taste and sentimental. Previously located at Gallery Hotel, it was one of the first Japanese restaurants in Singapore...
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Brothers Ramen – The Hunky Brothers Ramen Is Back
After close to a year’s break, the hunky brothers ramen is back. Office ladies working around Tanjong Pagar can get ready your tissue to wipe off your saliva … after you finish your ramen. Run by...
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WHEAT – Japanese Inspired Salad & Noodle Bar Opens At International Plaza
Lunch at International Plaza continue to be like Hunger Games. Office executives chiong to get their favourite seats, chope seats with tissue paper and office passes. I just want my salads. WHEAT,...
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Gumshara Ramen – Did Half A Pig Die To Cook This Bowl?
[Sydney, Australia] My love for ramen continues to bring me to unimaginable places, this time in an assuming foodcourt in the heart of Chinatown in Sydney. Some say this is probably the Best Ramen in...
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Bar Bar Black Sheep – $10 Set Lunch and Affordable Japanese, Indian, Western...
$10 nett set lunch? In a restaurant setting? At Holland Village? Some things sound too good to be true. Bar Bar Black Sheep is already known to serve some of the most affordable fare, with a huge...
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Hokkaido Omiyage Set – $25 Promo Price for Amazing Hokkaido Snacks!
Japan produces some of the most amazing snacks, all wonderfully packaged and mouthwateringly tasty. Some of my favourites include the Ishiya Shiroi Koibito White Chocolate Biscuits, and Potato Farm...
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Izakaya 95 – Japanese Small Plates & Yakitori at Punggol Settlement
New discovery. The 2nd storey of Punggol Settlement is quite the enclave with loads of good food. Izakaya 95 is a hidden find, selling yakitori and Japanese food. It boosts a to-live-for view,...
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The Sushi Bar – Popular Far East Plaza Sushi Rolls Opens At Ngee Ann City
Humble and popular Japanese outlet The Sushi Bar from Far East Plaza opens a fuller-fledged restaurant at Ngee Ann City. It is not uncommon to see long queues outside the Far East Plaza branches both...
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Gyoza Bar – Delicious Gyoza and Yuzu Ramen
The upper level of Ramen Matsuri at Boat Quay contains the little-known Gyoza Bar, reminding us that some of the best foods in Japan are found at obscure spots. We walked past the ramen shop decorated...
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Rollie Olie – Sushi Rolls Specialty Shop At The Star Vista
It is not easy to tell what a shop called “Rollie Olie” would sell, therefore it may pose a challenge marketing and branding wise. Yes, sushi rolls. And freshly made, delicious and good-looking ones....
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Tburu – $50 Japanese Omakase Set At Orchard Gateway
Japanese restaurant Tburu, opened by the team behind One on the Bund and Kiku, has been on my radar since its opening at Orchard Gateway. Its woody clean look boosting an enchanting view of Orchard...
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Xin Hao Ramen – Japanese Ramen With A Local Take
Singapore has quite a few Japanese ramen shops with a local take – A Noodle Story, Brothers Ramen. Buta Ramen and to a smaller extent Kanshoku Ramen. While the ramen purists may not have a favourable...
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Takeda Shouten – Chef Keisuke Opens Sake Bar At… Orchid Hotel (Again)
Orchid Hotel at Tanjong Pagar looks like Chef Keisuke Takeda lucky spot. Even though Keisuke Tonkotsu King there is not his first outlet in Singapore, it is there where he achieved ‘ramen superstar’...
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Tendon Ginza Itsuki – Singapore’s 1st Japanese Tendon Restaurant
Finally. An authentic Tendon restaurant in Singapore, and nothing but tendon. We should have seen some Tendon 天丼 (short for Tempura Donburi 天ぷら丼ぶり) specialty shops in Japan, or perhaps offered as one...
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Butahage – Japanese Grilled Pork Rice Bowl From Hokkaido
Japanese food specialty shops get me excited. They do. These small eateries do one thing, and usually execute them well. The very thought of Butahage’s best-selected tender and juicy grilled pork from...
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ZAKU – Japanese Sumiyaki Restaurant at Capitol Piazza
No offence to anyone, but Capitol Piazza looks like it is off to a shaky start food-wise. Other than headliners Dazzling Café and Angelina Singapore, the other cafes and restaurants could need...
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Wafuken – ‘Hot Hawkers’ Selling Healthy Japanese Donburi
Temperatures are rising as hunky hawkers are spotted on social media selling anything from somtam in Bangkok, bean curd in Taiwan and durians in Malaysia. Where’s Singapore version, you may ask....
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Ichiran Ramen – Long Queues At Both Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui
[Hong Kong] Can I say I am once envious of my Hong Kong friends for this tiny fact? That Hong Kong has Ichiran Ramen 一蘭, but Singapore doesn’t. Yes, and other than Causeway Bay, there is another...
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