Tsuta (Pacific Plaza): 1-for-1 ajitama tonkotsu soba ($13.80)!
1-for-1 ramen at Tsuta, the world's first Michelin-starred ramen shop, at Pacific Plaza: the ajitama tonkotsu soba with chashu, kikurage and a marinated soft egg. $13.80 effective.
Ramen with BB at Tsuta, using a 1-for-1 deal. Ajitama tonkotsu soba, $13.80 effective. ๐
Tsuta (่ฆ) is the famous Tokyo ramen brand that became the worldโs first Michelin-starred ramen shop, and its Singapore outpost had just opened at Pacific Plaza along Orchard Road (late 2019), so this was an early visit. Tsuta calls its ramen โsobaโ in the Japanese way (the shopโs full name is Tsuta Japanese Soba Noodles), though these are wheat ramen noodles, not buckwheat.
What was in the bowl ($13.80, 1-for-1 effective):
- A tonkotsu (pork bone) broth, milky and rich.
- Springy thin ramen noodles.
- Sliced chashu pork.
- Ajitama (ๅณ็), the marinated soft-boiled egg.
- Kikurage (black fungus), scallions and sesame.
Tsuta made its name on a delicate shoyu broth finished with truffle oil, so a tonkotsu bowl is the heartier, creamier counterpoint, the pork-bone soup boiled down until it turns cloudy and full-bodied, clinging to every strand of noodle. The chashu was tender, the kikurage added its signature slippery-crunchy bite, and the ajitama was the highlight: soft-boiled, marinated in a soy-mirin-dashi blend so the white turns amber and the yolk stays jammy and gold.
Getting a bowl from the worldโs only Michelin-starred ramen shop at an effective $13.80 through a 1-for-1 deal is genuinely good value, when the regular bowls sit in the $15 and up range. A great reason to beat the queue on a weekday.
Overall: 4.7 / 5. ๐๐๐ผ Rich tonkotsu, tender chashu and a perfect jammy ajitama at a Michelin-pedigree ramen shop, made even sweeter by the 1-for-1. Would re-visit.
