Dinner at Men-Ichi Ramen @ Jurong Point

Well it's the exam week, again. My 7th university examinations, and I've resumed my self-confinement in Hall 12 to study. I'm most productive in the Hall's Reading Room, where there are others studying too, and where I know I have to force myself to wake up early to reserve my usual table. My own room is a hazard. I only come up for naps and long breaks, which are essential in helping me recharge for the next long study session. I tried to study in my own room twice this week, and well. I ended up reading about cameras, what's good, where to buy them; looking for instant Japanese ramen on Qoo10; browsing online boutiques. You name it.

So self-confinement really isn't fun, and I allocate a daily budget of $6 for food... to help me ease the guilt of purchasing a pair of pants, a romper, and a dress from Hollyhoque recently :/ But anyways I had this mega week-long craving for RAMEN, which explains why I tried to look for instant ramen online :( Thankfully, the boy traveled allll the way to the west today and I got my ramen craving satisfied!! :D

Men-ichi for dinner, we had. Because the only other ramen places in Jurong were Ramen Play and Ajisen. Based on past experience, Men-Ichi was much much better more decent than the other two!

I really like their gyoza :) it was part of my ramen set. Sorry it's not focused :/

This beansprouts came as part of the set too. Don't underestimate that sauce. We wiped out every bit of it.  

Men-Ichi serves different varieties of tonkotsu ramen - paitan, wafu, shio, shoyu, miso. Both of us decided to try the shio version today, as its broth is supposed to be saltier, with a heavier taste. We were not disappointed :)

Shio Tonkotsu Ramen with 2-piece char siew

Hi! :)

Kyofu Shio Tonkotsu Ramen with 5 pieces of char siew

I suppose Kyofu means something like the black version of ramen. But when I googled 'kyofu', I was greeted with Japanese horror images -_- It means Japanese horror films. O-k-a-y.

I enjoyed everything about our meal - from the sides, to the broth, noodles, and char siew. Maybe it's because the need to fulfill this ramen craving was too strong, or maybe I just can't really tell the difference between the broth served by Men-Ichi and that of other ramen stalls :/ The boy prefers Keisuke though!

Habitat Coffee!

Highlight for this weekend! Finally finally got to try Habitat Coffee after hearing about how good it is from some of the church girls! And reading about their truffle fries and how it falls under ladyironchef's list of Best Truffle Fries in Singapore :)

(Quick and lazy editing. All shot by iPhone 4. I'm still a noob when it comes to these stuff, so it's merely a weak attempt at these photos. Don't judge okay, all ye photography enthusiasts!) 

Went there with the guy whose plans with other guys got cancelled thanks to the heavy rain this afternoon. I'm being selfish but I'm secretly glad cos', hey, that means he has time to eat with me! So yes, made rather impromptu plans during that late afternoon to settle for dinner with him, not too far from home, and I seized the opportunity to make him try Habitat with me. :)

First we saw the queue at Fat Boy's, which was quite long, and started to wonder if the queue at Habitat would be this long too. Thankfully, much to our surprise, it wasn't! In fact it was quite empty and the staff appeared to be quite free.

Took some time to decide what to order and happened to decide on the food marked with an asterisk!

Ice Habitat Fusion Tea - Peach. $4.90 I think

 Normal peach tea...