Conveniently located right across NTUC supermarket on basement two of Northpoint City shopping mall, this frequent customer of NTUC had observed the Suparakki Ramen eatery for quite some time and couldn't help noticing its constant stream of diners.
With working from home being the norm nowadays, i took the opportunity during lunchtime to pay it a visit a few days ago since Northpoint is just a few minutes' walk from my apartment. Thankfully it wasn't as crowded; the queue built up only about 15 minutes later.
Pretty self-service here; you order, pay, take the pager, wait for it to ring and then collect your food. With only five types of ramen on the menu (namely dry truffle, original tonkotsu, tonkotsu shoyu, tonkotsu gyokai, and tonkotsu black garlic), the undecided me had to ask the cashier: "which one the best ah?"
Original Tonkotsu Ramen was the answer and here it is at just $7.90 a bowl; i think this would be one of the cheapest Japanese ramen i ever had in Singapore. Together with the ramen was the top up to a set at S$5.80 for a serving of gyoza and a drink (hot tea, mineral water or canned drink).
Took a sip of the pork broth first. Creamy and tasted hearty with just a problem that's an issue for me but not for Alex; a strong porky aftertaste which i didn't enjoy. No complaint about the hakata style noodles and i do love the fact that for S$7.90; i got two generous slices of chashu! Pity they had the same porky taste though.
Gyoza was nothing to scream about even though the chef wasn't stingy with the filling. To be fair, i am seldom impressed with Japanese gyoza as i associate them with guotie (from China) which usually tastes better in my opinion.
I had a hard time finishing the broth given how porky tasting it was. Nonetheless, it's really a steal for S$7.90 and should the ramen craving strike again, i would likely go with the chef recommended tonkotsu gyokai ramen which is a mix of fish and pork broth.
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Address
1 NorthPoint Drive,
North Point City (South Wing),
#B2-154, Singapore 769098
Website
Menu
As above.
Pricing
Original Tonkotsu Ramen - S$7.90
Set B (Gyoza + Drink) - S$5.80
(Subject to GST, No Service Charge)
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