
Kajiken Ramen, Tanjong Pagar: The Bowl That Forgot to Bring Soup
I went looking for broth, the usual broth found in ramen shops in Japan. That was the mistake, if you can call it that. It

I went looking for broth, the usual broth found in ramen shops in Japan. That was the mistake, if you can call it that. It

Ramen used to feel like an occasion. We remember when a bowl of ramen in Singapore carried the mood of a planned meal. You chose

The mistake usually starts with good intentions. We sit down, lift the spoon, and taste a bowl trying very hard to behave like Tokyo ramen.

Over the past 18 months, I’ve quietly slurped my way through more than 40 different ramen shops across Singapore. I didn’t set out to create

Chili crab ramen sounds like a brilliant idea until the bowl arrives. That may be an unfair place to begin, but some fusion dishes carry

Some ramen bowls look better than they eat. That is the problem nobody wants to say out loud while the phone is still hovering above