It wasn’t our first visit here as some of our friends and family requested this place for gathering, it wasn’t the best choice though as this place is really small and has only about 20 seats, so you have to either come early or end up queuing for at least 15 minutes during meal time! (Tips: break your group into 2 person per group and high chance you will be seated earlier than the bigger group)
Keisuke Tonkotsu King features three ramens with different toppings – Popular Tonkotsu King, Black Spicy & Red Spicy. Their ramens are Tonkotsu broth-based; “tonkotsu” means pork bone broth, the broth has been simmered for long hours resulting in an undeniably aromatic flavour. There’s few options on the menu :
♥ Choice of toppings (Seaweed / Flavoured Egg / Special)
♥ Taste of the soup (Light / Normal/ Strong)
♥ Chicken oil (No oil / Less Oil / Normal / More)
♥ Noodle Texture (Hard / Normal / Soft)
♥ Ingredient that you don’t want (No Spring Onion / No pork Chasyu / No Black Fungus)
A mixture of white and black sesame to be ground and added into ramen will bring out the flavor of the soup. And one of the main appeal is the free flow of hard boiled eggs and marinated bean sprouts.
Tonkotsu King Ramen ($10.80 + $1 Seaweed) is their signature ramen – The broth is thick, milky and tasteful but luckily I chose less chicken oil and light soup, otherwise it might be too salty and greasy for my liking. The char shiu was a bit thick and chewy.
Black Spicy Ramen ($11.80). Same broth with additional black pepper sauce for a little heat, it was decent.
In our honest opinion, it wasn’t the best ramen we ever had and the taste could be quite inconsistent in order to shorten the meal period and keep high table turnover. But in overall, it worth the price, most customer are served within 5 minutes after they are seated and the staff are friendly.
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Keisuke Tonkotsu King (Orchid Hotel)
1 Tras Link,
#01-19 Orchid Hotel,
Singapore
Nearest MRT: Tanjong Pagar
Tel: +65 6636 0855
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