Shinjuku Ramen house

Last week, I had a terrible toothache and I preferred a soft diet since I can't chew that much. I was craving for foods that are easy to gulp down without the need for great munching. I met my girlfriend for a lunch date and we headed for a quick lunch at Shinjuku Ramen House in Makati Ave. As a big fan of Ramen dishes, I am very eager to eat despite the toothache. This is already my third time to visit Shinjuku and I have delicious memories of this ramen-ya.

For lunch and for the benefit of my aching tooth, we had a serving of Miso Ramen, Gyoza and Chahan fried rice.

The Miso Ramen is good. It came in a big bowl with ramen noodles topped with bean sprouts and mushrooms immersed in a Shiromiso (white miso) broth. The shiromiso broth was not very strong but just have enough flavor. The broth is very light and easy to munch down with. The Miso Ramen does not have an extraordinary taste but I love this type of ramen with its light, plain and tangy taste. To give it a kick, one can choose to sprinkle the chillied rayu oil to make it spicier. We just shared one regular order of this Ramen since we were afraid that we might not finish an individual serving.

Another dish that we shared is the Gyoza. Shinjuku is proud of their gyoza as one of their bestselling dishes on their menu. Their Gyoza was a big and chunky dumpling flavored with a strong garlic flavor, which I certainly love for a gyoza. It's also perfect to be dipped in its own tare sauce.

The Chahan fried rice is just ordinary. Nothing special about it but it also taste good. We just ordered it as a 'filler' if ever we went 'bitin' in our lunch.

We'll be back here to try their Tsuke-Men ramen.

Enjoy!

Shinjuku Ramen House

Makati Ave., Makati City

890-6106, 890-6107

kama kama kamameshi

"Kamameshi" which directly translates to "kettle rice", is a traditional Japanese rice dish cooked in an iron pot. The rice is cooked with your choice of other savoury ingredients like meat, seafood and assorted vegetables. They are then cooked together in a special sauce and served in its iron pot held by a wooden holderWhat we've had was the Gomoku Kamameshi. Gomoku Kamameshi is the Kamameshi variant with assorted ingredients. Since this is our first time to try Kamameshi, we tried this since it has a little bit of everything among the choices. The Kamameshi was given to us contained in its iron pot with its wooden holder. The dish contained generous amount of japanese short-grain rice smothered with meat and vegetables. It had ground pork, together with julienned carrots and string beans and slices of flavorful shiitake mushrooms. The rice is brownish in color, probably because of the sauce where it was cooked with. I guess the sauce is a soy-based mixture with a hint of mirin and dashi, which are a staple of japanese cooking. At the bottom of the pot is the burnt rice or the "tutong" since the iron pot was cooked directly over fire. The "tutong" tasted well and we compared it to the tutong in the Spanish Paella. After this, we dubbed the Kamameshi as the "Japanese Paella".

The rice dish' flavor is good. It is not too strong in flavor and I find it light and smooth. Japanese Yakimeshi or Chahan fried rice dishes has a much stronger flavor than Kamameshi. For me, I can consume the Kamameshi on its own, devoid of other viands.

We chowed down our Gomoku Kamameshi with a serving of Misoshiru (Miso soup), Tempura, Yakitori and the Backdraft roll. Our Kamameshi encounter is a new and wonderful addition to our Japanese dining experience.
Kamameshi and other delectable Japanese dishes are available at the New Kamameshi House.

Gochisosama Deshita!



New Kamameshi House

Japanese Cuisine
Zobel Roxas, Ave.
Singalong, Manila
02 524 22219