I have tried the Ajisen Ramen in Shanghai recently and it taste much better than those in Singapore. The place is near Xu Jia Hui subway station, within a block radius there are 3 Ajisen Ramen branches located in the shopping centres. Getting a sit during dining hours requires a long queue and next to impossible if itÂ’s on a weekend. The ambience in the restaurant is good, the foods hot and filling and its seems that more branched are popping up all over the city.
But why is Ajisen Ramen Singapore so empty during dinner time? Well, I went to one recently and found out. To start off with, the menu compare between Singapore and Shanghai are different. If you log onto the Hong Kong /China Ajisen webpage you will find that the meals serve are more appealing than compare with Singapore. Apart from the main dish, even the side dish has more variety and more appeal.
If you ordered a fried cutlet ramen in Shanghai, you will find the fried cutlet served on a separated plate, where as in Singapore its soak and dunked in their soup and none of the crispiness will reach you.
But what is unforgiving is the utensils, I virtually have to knuckle my face every time I want to drink a spoon of soup, not to mentioned for those who wear spectacles. The handle for the ladle is in such an awkward angle that drinking soup with the spoon requires either you have a small hand, face or both.
Furthermore the soup taste different from that of Shanghai, the Singapore Ajisen soup lacks kick and the Oomph factor is not there. Bland would be a suitable word. If you are selling Ramen, Soup, definitely would be your core product, if not your main selling point. What I can say is I feel sorry for such a great product, has been let down by the local franchise.
it's ok. i dun like noodles anyway. thks fer the info though.
Even the Ajisen in Hong Kong tastes so much better than here (atrocious). I'm not sure what went wrong with the QC or cooking skill...