Miharu's wonderful noodles

On Monday night, we had dinner at Miharu, a small Japanese noodle bar at the Gallery hotel, Robertson Quay. This place was written up by Sunday Times last year as one of the top 50 eating places in Singapore (not sure I completely agree with all the recommendations though).

Miharu specialises in ramen, and uses specially imported Sapporo Nishiyama noodles from Hokkaido. The place only seats about 20 (including counter seats) and the menu is strictly limited – there are only 6 choices of ramen dishes. E had the Tokusen Miso Ramen – ramen in special miso stock, while I had the cold ramen with the fragrant hot stock for dipping. As expected, the ramen was wondrously “bouncy” and springy. Both of us preferred the cold ramen as you could really taste the texture of the noodles. Even the half slice of hard-boiled egg was cooked to perfection – the yolk was still soft and slightly runny on the inside. My only complaint was that the soup stock was a tad too oily and salty, but apparently you can ask for clear dashi stock to dilute it. Total cost came up to about $30 for two of us, which is not cheap for a simple meal of ramen but then the quality shows.