Previously I
blogged about Menya Musashi, the Ion outlet, this time around my sister and I went for the one at Vivocity. This ramen place is really good, so good that I decided to revisit it. Nah, the truth is, sister made the decision about the eating place and I just gladly agreed since she is the one paying! Haha.. Sister always say I am a blood sucking leech, sucking her money away from her. Totally untrue!I have been so nice to her that I feel that I totally earned that meal. Hehe. Helping her run errands and accompanying her to furniture shops are a few of the things I have been doing with her recently. After all, we are gonna be moving in together to our new apartment just within these few months, so it's therefore very much important to forge good relations.
This time around, instead of having ramen in which this place is renowned for, I decided on a Musashi Hijiki Tsukune Rice Set ($13.90) because it consists of a little bit of everything. Kinda japalang feel. This satisfies me because I get to taste different dishes at an economical price. To be frank, when I placed order for this, I had no idea what the meatballs were made of. The most amusing thing was, from the first bite till the last, I still had no inkling of what I had eaten. Is it pork? Fish? Chicken? It tasted like fish paste, no wait, probably chicken bits finely mashed... Shouldnt be pork because there was no porky taste. To my delight, after googling on its menu while preparing to write this post, I realised I had eaten chicken! Chicken tsukune. Hijiki refers to a variant of seaweed while tsukune is a type of chicken meatball prepared in yakitori style. So putting two and two together, I had eaten yakitori style seaweed chicken meatball. Haha..... Dun ask me why I did not enquire the waitress for this... In addition, there is also no description for each of the food item you see on the menu. All you see are pics of food items and the prices. Anyway, this rice set consists of a trio of chicken meatballs, a runny egg, a bowl of rice, long beans and squid in sesame dressing and a typical bowl of miso soup. I had no complaints for this rice set, everything was really good! The long beans were crunchy, squid were springy, meatballs were surprisingly humongous and delectable (you know how hard it is for food to be in big portions but tasty at the same time right!), last but not least the runny egg was beautifully prepared. I dun usually eat uncooked or half boiled eggs, so I only ate the egg white which appeared more cooked. The portion for this rice set is really really huge! I couldnt finish it so my sister polished up the rest for me. Strongly recommend this dish for anyone who is extremely hungry, yet greedy enough to want to try out everything. I love ordering rice sets like this because you get to eat different food and the prices are quite affordable, hence you get the best of both worlds.
Sister decided to have Black Iso Ramen (Spicy Seafood) which costs $14.90 and it is actually ramen cooked in garlic broth with squids, scallops and prawns, topped with spring onions as condiments. Oops, I missed out on the bamboo shoots, which I absolutely abhor. I think Japanese restaurants really love adding bamboo shoots to everything because it enhances and brings out the flavour of the mains. According to sister, this is pretty tasty and the broth is not too salty. The noodles are really springy and they require a few bites. Chef does not stinge with the usage of seafood as well. Probably that sweetness from the seafood balanced the saltiness of the broth. Once again, the portion is too huge! Not sure if our appetites have shrunk (our waistlines havent! hahah) over the years, but somehow nowadays we complain about the serving size being too big. Thus, in order not to waste food, next time please ask for a smaller portion.
Sister also ordered a plate of fried squid as a side dish ($3) which was served with a dollop of mayonnaise. This was really oily! I ate one piece and with each bite it was as though the oil was spurting out in my mouth. Ok finally some minor complaints in here. Haha..
Anyway I just realised that the different Menya Musashi outlets have different menus. So do check out their website first before heading down to have your meal, just in case that ramen you crave isnt available at that particular outlet. Overall, I am glad to have found a place that not only serves good ramen but rice sets as well!
Total Damage Done: $37.20 (for 2 pax)
Overall Ratings: 4/5 stars
1 Harbourfront Walk
#01-104
Singapore 098585
Tel: 6376 9519
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