Aoba at Ion

This weekend had been such an incredible food fest! Totally need to work harder in the gym this week.

We were in Ion on Sunday to have dinner and spend some time together before catching Hangover 2 at Cathay at night. Walking around, we failed to find Swensen's so we decided to try Aoba Ramen which looked quite promising being the ardent ramen fans that we are.

We both ordered the Shoyu Ramen and topped up $3 for the set meal which came with a side dish and a drink. I chose the Hotate side dish which was basically marinated scallop but it was not as tasty as the other hotate side dishes I've eaten before in other restaurants. He ordered Fried Ebi which was, thankfully, good.

Our shoyu ramen was a disappointment. The noodles were not springy and were served slightly soggy. The alkaline taste in the noodles was incredibly distinct and affected the soup badly. The soup lacked body and was not flavoursome at all. The charsiew was mediocre and the egg did not have the usual runny egg yolk which is normally served with ramen.

To sum things up, Aoba is a very average ramen shop and its only saving grace is that it is situated in a crowded shopping centre which ensures steady human traffic.

2 Orchard Turn, #B3-25 ION Orchard, Singapore