Menya Shinchan Japanese Noodle Restaurant

Away from the hustle and bustle of downtown, is this little shop opened by a ramen master from Japan. Hidden it may be, it never fails to draw so many Japanese expartraits who come here to have a taste of home. And true enough, my first impression of this restaurant was a typical one that can easily be seen in any modern Japanese drama.

Both of us ordered this Soy Sauce Pork Bone Ramen ($13.00). The noodle was springy, and the serving was generous. Although i preferred soup to be a little more salty, I gulped it down without a second thought.

We have ordered side dishes such as bamboo shoots and chashu. I always love bamboo shoots! Glad that they have this dish here as it's not common among Japanese eateries. While for the chashu, though the portion was pretty small for the price we were paying for, it was fantastic and ready to melt in month.

In Menya where Ramen is considered an 'art form', one can be assured of their constant commitment to quality and innovation. If you are looking for just a simple yet authentic place where you can tuck into a wide variety of ramen, Menya is might just be the place for you. I will definitely be back again for their famed Madame Shinjiro and pancake-like fried gyozas.

For a more detailed review, please visit Amasou-Umasou.

I looked at other reviewers and most liked it.
Might just be my tastebuds.

Its like a taiwanese + Japanese fusion cuisine to me.
Ramen tasted average. Nothing special. Was a bit pricey to me.

I prefer Sapporo Ramen at Galleria Hotel, about 5-10mins walk away.


Small shop, hot and crowded. =(( Didnt expect much service since they were understaffed

revisit.
the niboshi stock ramen doesnt taste very niboshi anymore, this time i ordered the light(just less oil) and the portions seems to have shrunk by alot.
the $3 charsiew become 3 thin slices. what happened to that plate of 10 pieces?

Had dinner there a couple of nights ago. The place seems to be patronised by many Japanese customers.

We ordered the scorched sesame soya pork ramen and the salty pork ramen with extra order of chashu.

The portions are generous and the taste hearty. The chashu is heavenly! This place's ramen is something you would love to tuck into on a cold and rainy day!

The decorations and furnishings are simple and unassuming and the staff really friendly. This is a place that doesn't need to distract with glossy menus and flashy decorations. It is simply a place to tuck into good honest food and then go your way. Never disappointing.

I first came to this place about a year ago and am glad it is still around.

This is a simple ramen place, but if you like fish stock ramen, this is the place. The chiasu is made to perfection (i.e. it totally melts in your mouth). Service very attentive. Ambiance nothing special, but at least it is very quiet so not bad actually.

For the second night in a row, I was almost incapacitated by dinner. After two abortive attempts to eat here (couldn't find it the first time and turned up at closing time the second), I came here for dinner after a day of exercise to make up for the previous night's buffet.

Right off the bat, my advice is to come here only if you are very very hungry. I tried to add extra noodles to my order but upon seeing the waitress' look of horror, I asked her if the ramen order was big, and she gave a sort of strangled nod.

The location is fairly pleasant, in a sort of alley, and it isn't very crowded. Saw quite a few Japanese dining here. Service is efficient and rather friendly, not sure how it is inside the restaurant because I sat at the tables outside.

I ordered the soya sauce pork bone ramen super rich sinjiro with vegetable, and I added an egg. The order arrived, heaped high with vegetables like a mini Mount Fuji. Or maybe Bukit Timah Hill.

First, the good. The egg was delicious. I love eggs and the eggs were delicious. So that made them extra delicious. The two slices of pork were also pretty good. Tender, fatty and flavourful, my only issue was that they were slightly too salty for my liking.

Taking on the vegetables was like going to war. Not only was the mountain covering the ramen a huge heap of cabbage, beansprouts and perhaps other random leafy things, those insidious plants managed to submerge themselves in the ramen soup, and when I tried to mix in the veggies, more beansprouts emerged. I was supposed to eat more vegetables today to make up for the stunning amount of meat I consumed last night, but this was taking it a bit too far.

There was also a huge tangle of ramen submerged beneath the soup. I found the soup base too oily, and it didn't taste interesting or compelling at all. It was just salty and oily. It wasn't heavy or cloying, but it just made consuming the ramen a chore. It didn't help that the ramen was of medium thickness (I think), about the size of your fishball mee noodles. It was decent at first, but I felt exhausted halfway into the meal, and the noodles still looked barely touched.

I hate wasting food, and 2 of my friends eventually had to help me finish the bowl. Fortunate for me, I must say.

We also had the gyoza, which I didn't like. The skin was decent enough, but the vegetable taste was too strong for me. Especially the chives. Small doses only please.

The food is decent, but its a bit of overkill, so please, eat here only if you habitually have meals fit for elephants, or if you are famished. Really.

We came here as a family for lunch, and you have to get through the gap between the 2 restaurants opposite Harry's to get to the courtyard where it's located. It's quite cramped inside with 3 tables for 4 and some counter seats. The waitress who attended to us explained what the dishes came with, which were hot or cold, what we could change and so on.

I ordered the pork bone and seafood dipping noodles 'tsukemen' (cold) ($11++). What I didn't expect the seafood flavour to actually mean 'bonito flavour'. The fishy taste was strong but tolerable, and the soup was thick and rather salty. The 2 thick slices cha-shu were soft and fatty, and although they had more of the 'stewed' rather than 'grilled' feel, they were to my liking. And the noodles weren't mushy at all in spite of their appearance.

Mum had the normal Shinjiro ($13++), which was massive! Halfway through the mountain of lettuce, beansprouts and thick noodles, you can leave it there and it'll have the 'untouched' look. Stock was quite similar to mine but a bit more dilute. The rich pork bone ramen which the other 2 ordered had a bit of the bonito flavour where there were bits of the fish. The actual 'ramen' was quite thin, and a little al dente. The pan-fried gyoza ($5++) was good, and although I suspected it might've been frozen from the way it stuck together, it didn't taste that way. However, if you opt for boiled gyoza, you get only 3 pieces for the same price.

With plenty of vegetables and noodles, it's just the lunch for a lot of hard work later in the afternoon. What puts us off slightly from returning, in spite of the reasonable prices, was the saltiness. There might even have been MSG which my dad felt the effects of (but not me)

We decided to check out this joint after reading many positive reviews on this website. Parked on Mohd Sultan and walked towards the Robertson Quay area to try to find the place but after walking up and down the pierside, we didn't know where it was but some nice waiters at Brassiere Wolf told us to try 'inside this building' and we managed to find this in a quiet alley.

The reviews were right - the menu was kinda confusing and we weren't very sure how and what to order. We tried to remember what came recommended by other reviewers and so I ordered a rich spicy pork bone ramen and he ordered the 'dipping noodles'.

When the noodles arrived, our first reaction was 'er this is it?" I mean, surely they can serve a BIT more 'liao'?!?! Never mind, we will try.

As I tucked into my noodles, I was like 'eh, not spicy one!?" but thought that because almost nothing is ever spicy to me (yes I take a lot of chilli with my food), I thought it was just how it was done. Only halfway through my noodles and my bf tried my soup, he reckoned there was no spice at all and that's when I realised the waitress probably took down the wrong order (DUH).

BF wasn't also impressed with his 'dipping' noodles and we both thought that both dishes were very salty so we asked for green tea. But the waitress said they don't have green tea?! Erm is green tea a Singapore Japanese restaurant thing then? First time at a Jap restaurant with no green tea.

I won't mind going back and trying the spicy dipping noodles myself one day but bf is extremely reluctant to go back. Maybe we will try the other ramen restaurants at Liang Court and see how those go before we decide.

I like the gyoza here for the light crisp skin thats spread over the plate, and the the flavorful meat fillings in it BUT they also serve an interesting DIP DIP noodles, which I love!!!!

The noodles were cooked to al dente, firm and springy, served dry on a plate with the 2 pieces of tender pork (could have more!), wonderful soft egg, and garnishes. This is NOT Zaru Soba, but similar concept. I had the double chilli sauce, 1 cold and 1 hot. But dipping sauce were unique and i like both. The cold sauce was light and refreshing, while the hot was savory light. There are other dipping sauce available so do check it out.

Oh its highly recommended to squeeze the lime over the noodles, so refreshing!! Yummmy....

I love it!

I went to the restaurant with 3 friends. I find the ramen soup very oily and not tasty enough. Although the slices of pork are tasty but they do not satisfy me at all as they are only two on top of a big bowl of noodles and vegetables. I prefer the original ones that I have eaten in Japan that were highly recommended by my Japanese friends.

I give low rating for the services because the waitress spilled the soup onto the floor while trying to place the ramen onto the table. When we requested the restaurant to give us a bowl of soup as they were really not much soup left in the bowl, they refused.