Ramen and Bubble Tea

I realise that I write less on this blog, but I'd like to say that what I write is truer to myself.  I was reading this post that I wrote on Flight or roots that I found especially apt now.  But I'm not going to write about it right now when I'm at work and full and happy.

On the last two points, I am full and happy because of very good food.  Here's where I try to make up names for the people in my team! It usually doesn't go well because even if I use initials, many people share the same initials, and if I use nicknames, I forget who I'm referring to.  But anyway, all you need to know is that I went out with L, XY, T and her boyfriend to eat at Ramen Champion.

Ramen Champion is a very curious thing.  It's a challenge where this company brought in about 6 different ramen chains from Japan for Singaporeans to try, and the one who wins gets to set up a chain in Singapore with the company that arranged the challenge.

I've been to the Ramen Champion shop about 4 times already, all with friends so I think I've just about covered the entire Ramen Champion!  At last check, I only have 2 stores left to try - Gantetsu (Hokkaido corn ramen) and Tai-sho-ken (the other dipping store ramen).  I will never try Bario personally - too much beansprouts.

Of the other 3, I dislike Menya Iroha.  It takes like soya sauce to me.  But I LOVE the other two.  I'm a soup person - give me thick and strong broth, and I'm all over it.  For Tetsu, the broth is exceptionally thick because it's meant for dipping, and I love it that way!  Ikkousha has good balance of a soup base that's just nice and pork that is chewy and nice.

The Ramen Champion is in this shopping centre called iluma.  It's undergoing some renovation now, which makes it even quieter than it was originally, but that's not a bad idea when you have a big group of friends who just want to sit somewhere and talk.

Another good point about iluma is that it has BUBBLE TEA.  I'm a big fan of bubble tea.  My favourite to date is Gong Cha's Earl Grey Milk Tea with Pearls, but Koi's Oolong Milk Tea with Grass Jelly can give that drink a run for its money.  And that's what I had today.

So all in all, I'm pretty happy and I'm going to enjoy the rest of my day at work. =D