Tantanmen ❤ Baikohken @ Ngee Ann City

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Life's been really busy lately with hectic ,packed schedule and exams after exams .. ( Lifestyle for healthcare workers ^^"" hahaha ) but I'm trying my best !! Havent really gotten the chance to eat many varieties of ramen recently thus - I've been nomming Sanpoutei because its both close to my house and because its delish! A while back though I've had the chance to drop by Orchard , so Ee-chan and I decided to try Baikohken  ! 

Baikohken has a branch at Ngee Ann City Basement :) 
Right at the back near Cold Storage !

picture from Baihkohken's page 

We decided to order their Tantanmen for that day ;D 

craving for some Szechuan "ma-la" on that day ;3

And woo..

When it arrived, 
it looks like it was going to be one spicy ride ^^" 
I love chilli , but 
I started doubting myself...

(I mean , look at that soup !! ) 
Soup
The soup was quite hearty and thick. Pretty spicy although  I didnt get as much "ma" (the numbing sensation you get on your tongue when eating szechuan pepper) , not sure if its the intended flavor :3 Love the heartiness !

Noodle 
The noodle is thick and springy ;3 texture is pretty nice !

The chashu came in a separate dish with beansprouts , bamboo shoots and eggs !!

Chashu

Chashu has some parts that are soft and some that are tougher. If I'd want to compare some other ramen stores surely had better chashu compared to this although the slices a Baikohken is pretty huge (2 big slices). That being said , Sanpoutei is pretty generous with their chashu too and the chashu are generally juicier. 

Eggs

Felt that the eggs are slightly overcooked :( Half the yolk are quite hard with only one part of the centre remaining sligtly gooey after being prodded :( Would want more manirate on it too if possible :'( or maybe its just my own preferences 

Bamboo shoot 

The bamboo shoot is pretty tasty and decent :) 

Now gyoza :3 
we got a plate f gyoza (with 4 pieces , Ee-chan ate one before I can get a picture hahaha ) We both feel that the gyoza is [retty nice but the skin was a tad tough and chewy :x Nevertheless tne filling was juicy and well seasoned ;D The outer skin was crispy too ;D

from Baikohken's page 

So overall will I go to Baikohken again ? 
Well , maybe yes if I pass by the area :3 Will I purposely make a trip down to orchard from my house in the edge of Singapore to eat this though ? Maybe not unless I'm pretty free that week ^^ Overall I feel that Baikohken's ramen are delish although maybe a tad overpriced for what I can get elsewhere (maybe its the rental fee at orchard too :// ) If I come back , it will probably be for the soup and noodle rather than the topping itself as different ramen store do have different noodlesto expect ;3 

So thats my experience at Baikohken :3 

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Maze Soba ❤ Sanpoutei Ramen @ Holland Village

Hello :D 
I've not reviewed ramen recently hehehe... 

but I'm still and have been eating them regularly LOL

And recently , I found myself eating at Sanpoutei quite often because they serve decent ramen and they're quite close to my place ;D

Basically , they're from Niigata as they mentioned under their logo :3 Most of the pictures here without my logo are obtained from their facebook *here* ;D so feel free to visit it for updates ^^ hehehe I suppose this picture below is their original shop at Niigata

At Holland Village, you'll find this one though :D Much more modern looking :D but nice ramen nevertheless !

 I've only realized recently that I have NOT written any diary entry about Sanpoutei QAQ !!! I feel pretty horrible ( am I getting lazy ? or is it just that their food is so nice I actually always forgot to take pic T__T ) So anyway, I figure I might as well start with something I've ordered more than a few times at Sanpoutei 

Their 

❤ Maze Soba ❤

Ok. Let me get this straight. I was SKEPTICAL about this from the beginning. I especially LOVES spicy ramen and at Sanpoutei, the ramen I ordered most often last time was their Kara-Miso (this one below) 

I love everything about that one ( will write more about it in a separate post ) 

But Ee-chan was ALWAYS ordering Maze Soba whenever he's there and so one fine day I decided to give it a try since I was starving that day and the 1.5x noodle portion kinda tempted me and so...

❤ My Maze Soba ❤

Dont ask me why its called soba. I tried researching it from google but I cant find anything about it except for the fact that it just means "mixed soba" and the original name was "abura soba" T_T anyway, here's it 

It comes as a big bowl of ramen with a bowl of soup 

Look at that pretty bowl :3 

Topped with chopped ❤ Cha Shu ❤ 

Menma  , Ajitsuke tamago, negi and nori ~~ 

Cha Shu 

Ee-chan joked that this may be the misshapen leftover cha shu after cutting the big blocksof cha shu for the other ramen since maze sobais about 10-20% cheaper than the other full topping ramen set. To be honest i dont know, and I dont care , because they're tasty xD ! Of course you dont get a big slab of cha shu like if you have ordered kara miso but this is more or less the same ;D just chopped into cubes :D 

The Menma, Nori , Ajitsuke Tamago

I have some qualms about the ajitsuke tamago - they're not consistent :( Some days the flavor is strong, some day its not . But overall sanpoutei's ajitamago is pretty well done already except for some bad days. The nori and menma are usually always consistent except for one day when its a bit too soft but overall nicely done :D 

The Soup

The soup is pretty thick and has a strong punch of flavours . Its basically like a strong broth. I usually only add 1-2 spoon of this soup to the noodle before mixing the noodle so its not too runny (I like strong flavors) , but I guess if you want to tone down the flavor , you can always add more soup because the noodle itself aleady has some concentrated sauce mixed in with it :3  

Before Mixing 

❤ After Mixing ❤ 

Look at them noodle 

I think in my past life I never tasted noodle or just see a lot of people eating noodle but never had a chance to taste it because in this lifetime, I can vouch for my love for good noodle. I'll take noodle anytime over rice - unless its koshihikari, I'll probably consider it erhm...

The Noodle 

I love Sanpoutei noodle ❤ they have the right firmness and bounciness ( that pleasant "chew" ) to them ^^ It goes really well with the maze soba sauce and the other ramen (kara miso , shoyu etc) that they have:D 

Anyway for Sanpoutei , their shop decor is pretty nice :3 If you arrive at the right time, you can actually watch them prepare their noodle from scratch LOL especially if you sit near the entrance :3 I've watched them make noodle twice and it was at night if I didnt recall wrongly ^^  I've been there so often that one of the waitress actually guessed our order one of the day and Ee-chan burst out laughing , embarassed because it just meant we' visited so often she can remember us x'D Speaking about noodle again, I've never taken a pic of the noodle making but Sanpoutei has them in their facebook so here you go :D 

Deliciousness in the making xD

Anyway yup, that my experience with Sanpoutei with regards to their Maze Soba :3 

Its about $14 if Im not wrong and it taste pretty good ;D Will write more again about Sanpoutei once I visit them again for their Kara Miso (Im kinda missing it now that I've been eating Maze Soba for some time )

Hope this is useful :D 

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Lunch ❤ Saveur @ Bugis

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Just a short diary entry ❤ A while ago I went to eat at Ma Maison after Ee-chan set the wrong appointment day for Saveur . But eventually we had  the chance to go eat at Saveur :3 Today's post is going to be about that :3 

For that day's coordinates I was looking to wear something more pastel-y so I wore this pastel corsage "scrunchie" out. 

Have gotten myself some flower accessories recently but hadnt have the time to wear these out so I've decided to wear them out that day ^^

with a DIY-ed messy lace choker hahaha 

but much cheaper than buying a ready made one ^^"

Also wore out a mori-ish pink striped lace top that I got recently with a white inner lace dress :3 Lenses are iFairy Pon Pon Gray ;D You can read my review about it *here*

Saveur is located at Bugis and when we reached, Ee-chan and I ordered 4 dishes (one of which I forgot to take T_T ) but basically these are the rest . 

Pork Belly

Onsen tamago and some lentils ? Hahaha Im no pro in this kinda food :3 Love the belly and the onsen tamago. (made me want some tsuyu tho hahaha ) and the lentils goes quite well with the rest ( Im surprised ) OAO

Ee-chan also ordered duck confit 

Duck Confit 

This is like, the kind of food I will see Heston and Gordon make but never really understand what it means. So after googling confit is like kinda (to make it very simplified) Sous Vide in oil ? Sounds oily but the duck is REALLY TASTY ! xD Love how the duck is so smooth and the skin is soo crispy xD 

Potato Gratin 

in Ee-chan's words : if there were 2 portion I'd have eaten them all. I'm not a fan of potato (except for Poulet's mashed potato - that is an exception ^^ ) so I cant say much about the gratin. It taste nice to me but not sth superbly nice :3 #teamduckconfit

Was quite full after that cause we already ate at home and Ee-chan want some dessert too we headed off for desert straight after that . Affordable french cuisine? Yup! Affordable. Food is nice too and its a breeze of fresh air in terms of the type of food I eat everyday (which is like,home cooked Japanese style food hahaha ) unless you eat french food every day of course ^^" 

Will I return ? 

Yup :) food is nice and I'd love to try the other food in the menu I havnt tried yet :3 one qualm that I do have is how NOISY the place is T__T its like a packed but clean hawker centre somehow I really wish people who eat there are quieter (not the resto's fault )  Maybe the next time I visit, I'll go during quieter hours ;D 

Have you eaten at Saveur before ? 

What do you think about that place ? ;D

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