Ramen Santouka @ The Central (Clarke Quay)

This is again another ramen post!

Have you ever faced a situation where you want to order a dish yet you don't want some of the ingredients (lettuce, mushrooms etc)?

The above mentioned situation will not be applicable because in Ramen Santouka, they will serve you the noodles (in soup) separately!

Yes, you can choose to add or not to add the tasteless bamboo shoots, slimy black fungi etc!!

It's your god damn choice!

At least the above is applicable for the ramen i had!

Since the pork cheeks ramen seemed really popular (Mr Kon enjoyed it), the four of us ordered pork cheeks ramen with different soup base (shoyu, miso, shio and spicy)!

Frankly, the shoyu (soy sauce) one was so savoury, it's like all the essences of meat had seeped into the broth!

Mine (shio aka salt) was surprisingly tasty, resulting in a nearly clean bowl but the other two (miso and spicy) bases were just too normal.

Springiness is a must for all noodles!!! The one here was bouncy enough although it cannot be compared to the fantastic one i had in Ippudo!!

Before taking a bite of the roasted pork cheeks, i was thinking how disgusting that was! In front of the ladies, however, i had to hide my displeasure and show my manliness!!

The meat was juicy and tender without the oily feeling i expected from the fats surrounding the sides.

However, when i took the fourth piece, there was a sense of too much meat (jelak!!) and the feeling of disgust surfaced again!

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I might be back for the other ramen Ramen Santouka offered and to take nicer pictures!!

I forgot to bring my Nikon DSLR this time!!

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Price
One of the most expensive ramen i had, at between S$19.00-20.00 (depends on the soup base).

Location

6, Eu Tong Sen Street,
 #02-76, The Central

The restaurant is not situated in a good location so happy finding if you are ever craving for a bite of the pork cheeks!

Additional Information

Be prepared to queue later in the evening!! When i exited the restaurant at 8.15pm, there was a queue of at least 18 people!

As you can see above, the dining area is really limited!

Service was appalling (with particular reference to one specific waitress).

She was quite irritated since we were not very forthcoming with our orders (our first time mah).

And finally, to chase us away (due to the long queue outside), she resorted to ask sweetly if we need additional side orders when she was already showing her condescending attitude before that!

That's really some kind of service!