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"All I need is the air I breathe and the place to rest my head."

Life is so tough when those people who suppose to help you are being useless and create more things for you to do. It's like they are not doing what they are supposed to do if you get what I mean. Oh well, there are always challenges in life no matter what so we just have to flow (and stay afloat) in this river of life. Anyway, my friend LV (not Louis Vuitton unfortunately) has just came back from her Japan trip. Even though I am so jealous of her trip I have decided to let it go because she came back with so many Japanese snacks and I'm such a sucker for Japanese snacks.

The funny thing is LV has not moved on from her Japanese trip and asked me if I am ok with eating ramen. So that's how we came about to Marutama Ramen at the Central.

Singapore Eats: Marutama Ramen, the Central

It has already been years (I think?) since the last time I visited Marutama Ramen and to my surprise, there is no queue at all in front of the restaurant. But to be fair, it was already 2.30PM on a Sunday afternoon when we came to Marutama Ramen. We seem to always have late lunch on Sunday. I only remembered Marutama Ramen is famous for its chicken broth ramen but anyway, since they don't have any other broth flavor I guess it's a matter of what toppings you choose to go with your ramen.

After flipping the menu, the best choice seems to be its no. 1 dish, Zenbu Nose Ramen (which is advertised as the full Marutama experience). Zenbu Nose Ramen claims to have all special toppings in one ramen and to be honest with you, the picture of the ramen seems to show that this is the case. The ramen has three slices of pork, pork belly, egg, seaweed and a lot of spring onions. The portion given for SGD 19++ is too much for me to finish it so there is a lot of leftover noodle in my bowl (sorry, noodles).

Zenbu Nose Ramen from Marutama Ramen at the Central

Not helping our filled tummy, we still ordered a plate of 6 pieces of Yaki Gyoza (SGD 6++) to share between the two of us. Lesson learned: don't be greedy. Hahaha. My lunch buddy tried to cheat me by insisting that there are only 5 gyoza and she nearly forced me to eat the last half piece of gyoza. Thankfully I refused her outright because I AM SO FULL (and she just lost 3kg in Japan, crazy woman).

Fried gyoza from Marutama Ramen at the Central

Marutama Ramen is located at:

6 Eu Tong Sen Street #03-90/91

The Central

Nearest MRT: Clarke Quay

Opening hours:

Daily 11.30AM - 10PM

"I think of you, I haven't slept. I think I do, but I don't forget."

I am so annoyed with a lot of people at work today. Actually I do realise that I get frustrated when work become overwhelmed but not as pissed as when I had to deal with annoying people. Sadly, a lot of these pests are available at my work. Hmmph. Oh well, I suppose I have to find a good way to keep my sanity while having to deal with them on a daily basis. Any idea, peeps?

Anyway, someone from office suggested a new workout class named Cru Cycle. It's basically one of those fancy private cycling studios located along the posh Duxton Road. The studio was manned by beautiful looking people, I'm not kidding and I kinda feel out of place for a while when utilising my SGD 25 worth of trial class.

Crucycle Studio at Duxton Road Singapore

The minimum amount that you have to pay for the trial classes is SGD 50 for 2 classes though. I had thought that it was expensive until I realise that one normal class can cost around SGD 40. Hmm, seems too ex for my budget but let's see why my colleague is so addicted to this exercise. First of all, since it's a cycling class and nowadays, the latest bicycles have special clip on function on the pedals, so you have to wear special shoes which sole can be clipped on to the pedals. I am never good with any sports which require a certain degree of technology so it took me a while to try to clip my shoes to the pedals. The friendly staff who's manning the front desk helped me out with the setting of the bikes and that includes clipping on the shoes.

Cycling shoes for Crucycle at Duxton Road

Overall, while the music used for the exercise is fun to listen to while cycling and there's certain part where you feel like you are cycling on tour with a wolf pack, I find the whole package for the normal classes (the non-trial classes) too expensive as I am already a member of Fitness First. I should just join RPM classes in the gym since I had paid for the membership anyway.

After cycling through the dark (yea, the class is quite dim, a bit wasted when the instructor is cute), it's time to reward myself with good food and great company of a friend. We went to Orchard Gateway to try out Kanshoku Ramen Bar which supposedly sells a nice dry Truffle ramen. But we opted for pork-based soup ramen, the Signature Kanshoku Ramen (SGD 13.90) in the end because we were curious how do 8-hours boiled broth and 4-hours marinated pork taste.

Truffle Broth Ramen at Kanshoku Ramen Bar at Orchard Gateway

We also ordered fried gyoza (SGD 5.90) to share between the two of us. Everything's fried taste good. Really.

Fried gyoza from Kanshoku Ramen Bar at Orchard Gateway

After our ramen meal, as usual there is always room for dessert. Dinner buddy wanted to try out Chimney Cake Soft Serve and I was lost when she told me about this dessert stall named Chimney which is located at *Scape in Somerset.

Chimney basically offers cinnamon-coated pastry filled with soft serve ice cream. There is, however, savory option available too. Since I was in the mood for sweet stuff, I proceeded to order Chimney Cake with Soft Serve (SGD 4.50) and choose vanilla ice cream for the soft serve. While it looks good when it's just served, you have to eat this dessert fast before the ice cream starts to melt and dripping from the bottom of the pastry (which has hole). It was a big sweet mess when I realise the ice cream has started to melt but otherwise, the dessert taste quite good and filling too. I won't eat this for a date though especially when I just started dating. Hahaha.