yichiban

This restaurant is hard to miss with the queues stretching out from the restaurant all the way near the Kunikoya bookstore.  Located on the top floor of The Galleries Victoria, there is always a queue present, whether it is lunch, or for dinner – on any day of the week

Ichi Ban Boshi is renowned in Sydney for its ramen – and their menu makes clear of that fact by showcasing a variety of ramen in different flavours. There is even an option of adding corn, butter, or egg to top off the ramen for an extra $1.50 if the contents in the bowl of ramen wasn’t enough.

Besides their main specialty – there are also entrees to satisfy your hunger. The beef tataki would be a recommended entree – the beef here is probably one of the better tatakis.

The yakisoba omelette was generously fat and comes complete with “special sauce” as advertised on their menu. If you’re wondering what the special sauce is – don’t hold your breath – it’s just tomato sauce. But it does compliment well with the soft omelette wrapped around the fried yakisoba noodles.

gyoza

karaage cheese curry

tantanmen

yakisoba omelette

Menya. China Town

Friday night dinner time!,I've been looking forward to go the one of my favourite Japanese Ramen restaurants;Menya which is located in china town. Their soup here are sensational, and it consist of four variation of Tonkotsu soup base ( pork bone soup). The different soup based is up to the customer to choose to form the basis of flavour for their Ramen(noodles) and caters to different taste buds.

1)Menya Tonkotsu - made by simmering selected pork bones for more than 10 hours with fresh vegetables to enhance the flovors, the result is a rich creamy white soup.

2) Shoyu Tonkotsu (soy based tonkotsu soup) - combing quality soy sauce with seafood flavours to the pork bone soup creating a harmony of flavours. it is the most popular and traditional soup in Japan.

3) Miso Tonkotsu (miso based tonkotsu soup) with the use of the finest miso paste, rang of spices and seafood flavours that collaborated with the pork bone soup.

4) Wafu Tonkotsu (seafood soup and tonkotsu soup) a seafood based soup that combines bonito flakes and kelp seaweeds to the pork bone soup to make it light but strong, enhancing the flavours.

We decided to go for the popular one "Shoyu Tonkotsu" soup based for our ramen. ordering the Ni-tamago ramen(shoyu tonkotsu) and the Tom-toro ramen(roasted pork). We have a strategy in relation to the topping of the ramens, the Ni-tamago has boil eggs as its topping (perpare with a special sauce and style) and the Tom-toro has roasted pork for its topping. so we would share half to each other to have more of a variety:)

Ton-toro Ramen - $11.90

Ton-toro Ramen- close up

 Also you can up grade the size of your noodle from medium, large,extra large or mega to cater for all kind of appetite. Upgrade are subjected to extra charge.

Ni-Tamago Ramen -$10.90

close up

Its was around 6:40 pm and already there were a lot of people sited and eating, we waited for 1around 10mins to be sited (but its worth waiting for) . The setting of the restaurant is quite small, so to save space there is a large communal table. So if you are looking for a romantic and private restaurant this is not for you.

Menya China town
Shop TG8,8 Quay Street, Haymarket  NSW 2000
Tel : 02 9212 1020
www.menya.com.au