www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

Many of you love ramen. Some told me that ramen is Japanese so only Japanese ones are good. I have some 1-for-1 promotional vouchers and handed some to friends. After awhile, we headed down 111 Somerset to check things out. I used to know this place well as it was the former PUB Building and next door there used to be a small coffee shop where the popular Goreng Pisang (banana fritters) was. When I was in school, my good friend's dad has a stall at the canteen selling mixed vegetable and curry rice. Now, things are totally different. Coming up from the escalator I saw this. They have sitting areas on both sides. Welcome to "Daruma" Ramen House. One of Hong Kong's Top 5 Ramen Restaurants. Those who received the 1-for-1 voucher from me but did not try it will regret only. Staffs were cheerful and happy when they saw us coming giving you a welcoming feel. That is a good start.  We got seated comfortably and began to think through what to order. M...

Cari makan where cari means find and makan is to eat in the Malay language. Literally, finding food also means earning a living. If there's only one thing to love about Singapore, it must surely be the food. There are often times when we go "cari makan", we are not looking for lavish or expensive food. We just need something simple. If we have to nominate our best foods, those that are popular and everywhere and whom the people love must feature. Chicken rice, satay, bak kut teh, are favourites even for tourists and visitors. What about char kway teow, nasi lemak, mee goreng, rojak and popiah? There was a very good popiah stall at an old coffee shop at Martaban Road (next to Pegu Road) along Balestier Road. Then later a popiah restaurant was opened at Tanjong Pagar. You get a pot and make your own DIY popiah. Then we found a very good one at Whampoa where you can order and take home for your popiah party. What makes a good popiah? To begin with, the skin must no...

 I love noodles and ramen which is an ever presence in Chinese, Korean or Japanese cuisine and is all too familiar. I have tasted ramen all over the places and then I found one at a new hotel, a small outlet but there was always a long queue there during lunch or dinner time. Sometimes, this can get gimmicky because maybe the service is slow or the place is too small so a queue makes people think the food is great. Despite my curiosity, I simply hate to queue unless I am caught in a situation where I simply got stuck and had nothing to do which is rare. I walked past the restaurant everyday on the way to work and that is the only time you do not see a crowd. A friend initiated and invited me for lunch and he was there before me. They will only let you in when everyone is there. The first batch in the queue has gotten in and my friend and I were then first in the queue. They serve only ramen in three different flavours - original plain soup, black pepper and chili.  ...