Ramen

14 April 2010

Today I had a bowl of ramen for lunch.  I did not go out specifically to look for ramen.  Today I started on an exercise regime by spending my lunch hour on a brisk walk.  To improve by well-being May has been cajoling me to take up some walking. She seems to think that my belly is dangerously overhanging my belt. So I decided that my lunch time is ideal for the exercise.  I walked from my office at Tower Three Suntec City to Funan DigitalLife Mall, taking about 15 minutes. Arriving at the Mall I was greeted by a huge sign with tantalising pictures of bowls of ramen proclaiming that they can be had at Bishamon, #01-18 in the Mall. I went to check it out. It is next to Ya Kun and MacDonald. Until today I had not eaten any ramen for more than a year, so was easily tempted. I went in and ordered the Assari Miso Ramen.

A chef’s recommendations, the Assari Miso Ramen is made with pork and clam miso stock and comes with about 4 small slices of pork, a half of a boiled egg, and a few strips of clam.  I must say that the stock is really delicious though a mite oily.  The pork is tasty and tender. The egg is done just the way I like it – the yolk cooked but with the centre just a little runny thus rendering the white still soft and spongy.  I washed the whole thing down with hot green tea.  Yum, yum.

But I was out of pocket to the tune of S$16.20 (ramen $12.80, tea $1, service charge $1.38 and GST $1.06). Was it worth the money? Well, you can get a bowl of wanton mee with ‘char siew’ for $3.50 in a food court.  But then, I did enjoy the ramen. So what value enjoyment?