Keisuke Tokyo

Keisuke Tokyo Ramen: Ramen King in Japan. "Keisuke Takeda officially crowned Ramen King in TV Tokyo's Ramen Champion Series!" Apparently that's what it's said on one of the posters. Keisuke Takeda the founder chef of Keisuke Tokyo: this long haired guy is the Ramen King. Makan Boy and his friends came to this particular ramen outlet under the recommendation of one of the friends who knew someone who worked as a waitress over there.

Just how fantastic and amazing is their ramen that they can be called Ramen King over in Tokyo? They used to have a prawn stock ramen but they removed it apparently due to the under-appreciation of it by singaporeans who reckon it to prawn noodles. What a pity I couldn't taste it... Instead they have a special crab version. Another of the newspaper clippings on the noticeboard said that they initially limited the bowls of crab stock ramen to 50-60 bowls each day BUT they now removed the limit on the bowls served each day. Wow, this must be some awesome stuff huh.

So, my friends and I got different versions of the ramen. I personally got the crab stock ramen. You also get to choose the texture of your noodles much like Ippudo although you can make more choices such as taste of soup. We all decided against being too adventurous and opted normal for all options lest we spoil our meal.

Shio Ramen with Egg ($13)

Tonkotsu Ramen with Egg ($13)

Shoyu Ramen with Egg ($13)

Only one chashu each ramen

So was I impressed with their ramen? No. Was I disappointed? Yes, definitely. I mean the title Ramen King raised the bar pretty high even before my tongue touched the ramen. In the end, I only like the Shio ramen which is the better out of everyone else with a more pleasant soup stock. The rest were simply average. In my opinion, the crab stock ramen was too thick and yet did not carry much crab fragrance. The eggs was nice though, qualifying since they were runny.

Yaki Gyoza ($6)

Oh since our last mishap with Yaki Gyoza over at Ramen Champion, we still decided to go ahead with them over here (since we all have balls). Now, they really didn't disappoint us over here which is quite a good ending to the experience over here. Besides they even gave vouchers for eggs when you do come again next time (if there's a next time that is).

Verdict:
Definitely not the Ramen King I would expect. Enough said. There's another ramen stall beside them called Nantsuttei. I might give them a go someday.

Keisuke Ramen 
9 Raffles Boulevard  

Parco Marina Bay Millenia Walk 

#P3-02 Singapore 039596
http://www.keisuke.com.sg/