many words can describe the 5+hr time we spent there but the word FUN more or less summarises it :DDDDDD

instead i'd like to take this time to tell you about this eatery at ION called Aoba Hokkaido Ramen (a subsidary of Ajisen). We entered the shop which has a styling similar to that of a seafood market. Interestingly the overhead lamps were in the shape of crates o.o we waited an average amount of time before our food came. We were thirsty and to our dismay, the ramen arrived first ahead of the drinks.

Noodles
Picking up the ramen with chopsticks, one can easily identify the springyness and thickness of the ramen. Its texture mimicked that of kimchi flavoured instant noodles and despite it being delicious, i couldn't help but feel cheated by its cheap texture.

Soup
The soup itself was odd by ramen standards. It was incredibly salty, granted it was shio(seasalt) ramen, but still it was a tad too salty for my liking.

Ingredients
The scallops were springy and chewy and with a bite, broke apart in my mouth. However a meagre serving of just 6 scallops for a price of $13.80++ was certainly overpriced. Ajisen ramen's Hokkaido Scallop Ramen offers greater value for about the same price giving a generous serving of about 10 scallops. In the bowl also lies a single boiled egg cut in half. the egg depite its status as merely a side taste to the ramen was pleasing to the palette. It has a yolk that is semi hard and because it has been cut in half, the soup is able to seep into the yolk enriching its flavour. the egg white wasn't special but the combination of the white and the yolk made every bite a savoury experience.



Side dish
I ordered their tempura soft shell crab ($7.80) side dish and found it tasty but it left me unsatisfied. Roughly 3 pieces of half a crab is hardly value for money. Alone, the taste of the crab was rather bland but coupled with the tempura sauce, it becomes an overpowering combination of flavours that never fails to please me.



Drinks
Most of us ordered the flavoured sodas. For me i ordered the blue coral soda ($3.80). Tastes like overprice sprite with blue colouring.

Overall
Value: 2.5/5
Taste: 4.25/5
Ambience: 4/5
Not much desire to go back unless i have a serious ramen craving. Even then Ajisen Ramen would satify that craving more suitably

Hellos!! been a long time since I put up a post so here’s to Jap Club’s annual amazing race!

The event started with everyone meeting up at 4.30pm in the concourse.

Then everyone was split up into groups which had a few issues cos the numbering din go too smoothly ^^ (ppl not listening then dunno what number are they tsktsk)

Each group was then given an equation to solve to figure out which bus to take. My group got Shiyun’s eqn which was unfortunately flawed and expected us to take bus number 45.345436 -.- sry guys! x.x wasted 10 mins trying to figure it out…

K now I shall use a special style of presentation... ^^ prepare to imagine as I take u on a journey thru the race…

*Amazing Race narrator voice* Teams must now race to their first station at Carrefour where they will be given the clue to their task. “hi my name is tomy, I am 8 years old and I like to drive mica around” in this station teams must count the number of WHITE cars that appear in the Tomica Toy Car display case. They must then tell their station master the number of white cars. If they get it wrong, they have to count all over again…

After Carrefour, teams must now race to the build a bear workshop. At this station, teams will have to scour the entire store looking for a clothes item that is uniquely Japanese. When they have found this item, the station master will

Next station is at raffles city (not raffles place oops!) At this station teams are required to find 5 shops whose first letter of the shop name will spell the word JAPAN.

The next station is inside Raffle's City at a shop called AnBC. Teams must make their way there and count the number of musical boxes on display.

The final station is at paper market where teams must count the number of pink ribbons.

The checkpoint for the race is the fountain of wealth. the first team arrive there will win.

Yeap thats a wrap :)

At the end of the race we had dinner together and ate at fish and co and set a new record in jap club history for having the highest bill in a single sitting of $140 among 6 people!

New york fish and chips were simply delightful. Eat bite melts in your mouth as u savour the salt and then the cheesy taste of melted American cheese, the texture of the fish is so soft that it crumbles in your mouth yet it stays in tact long enough for u to pick it up with a fork. The batter light and crispy gave a mouthwatering crunch as I took a bite into it. Mayonnaise was cool and refreshing and nullified the overpowering sensation of oil. Fries were disappointing, Astons does better fries of the same flavour.

Basically I was killing myself considering I had sore throat :x but the fish and chips were too good to miss!

a few other funny stuff happened but for that u can find out frm that ppl that were there =)

good night and happy belated april fools! ;)