• Gumshara @ Eating World – Chinatown

    • By Ms. Taste

    What takes 7 days to make, only has three ingredients and could very well cause a cardiac arrest?

    A heavy helping of ramen at Gumshara.

    Hidden in the Eating World food court on Dixon Street, Gumshara is known for one thing and one thing only – its thick, glutinous, pork bone broth which has not only won over food bloggers but also the head chef of Lotus, Dan Hong who came up with the only fitting name for this ramen -  ‘chronic’.

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    Gumshara's Tonkotsu Ramen$8.50 with egg $1.50

    The flavours in the broth are unbelievably intense, and although thick, it isn’t difficult to slurp down.  I’ve had my fair share of tonkotsu ramen in my time and this one tops the list by far.

    A word of warning, this ramen really isn’t for the faint hearted. My throat was webbed up for a good 4 hours afterwards – not even two cokes could wash it down. You can opt for a ‘toned down’ version of the ramen though.

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    Gumshara shop front

    Gumshara

    Close-up of the ramen bowl

    Gumshara
    Eating World Food Court
    Shop 209, 25-29 Dixon Street
    Chinatown

    Open Tuesday to Sunday


    COMMENTS / 10 COMMENTS

    tehehehe :) Welcome to Club Chronic!! I haven’t yet had the egg but ppl tell me the egg is good – was it?

    aptronym added these sweet words on Aug 03 09 at 12:32 am

    sounds intense. i must try it soon!

    Betty added these sweet words on Aug 03 09 at 12:32 pm

    if i ever have again which is unlikely i’d definitely have it toned down.

    Simon Food Favourites added these sweet words on Aug 03 09 at 1:40 pm

    When I was reading the post Helen did on Gumshara (Grab Your Fork), she mentioned something about the fat content in the soup. I’d really hate to find out how much is really in there!

    Ms. Taste added these sweet words on Aug 03 09 at 2:01 pm

    This bowl was epic, infact I shared it with 3 people and still struggled with the soup!

    Howard added these sweet words on Aug 03 09 at 3:35 pm

    Fat, cholesterol, what else? Whenever I have this soup, I just try and think of the collagen and the wonderful things it’s doing to my complexion.

    Belle@OohLook added these sweet words on Aug 03 09 at 4:23 pm

    Haha my friend said it was even thicker when they first opened but that’s the way I like it ^^! More flavouurr and thick enough to eat with a fork! (ok maybe not that thick)

    FFichiban added these sweet words on Aug 03 09 at 5:21 pm

    I think I better make my way there soon. Everyone’s review of this place has been nothing but positive. I’ve never ever had ramen before, so I think this would be a good initiation.

    Linda added these sweet words on Aug 04 09 at 1:50 pm

    This place is fantastic! You must try the pork spare rib one next time your there :)

    clekitty added these sweet words on Aug 10 09 at 12:27 pm

    Love the eggs but I find the soup gets too thick when it gets cold. The pork spare rib is definitely the one you want to try.

    Thought I’d share a photo of the prok spare rib.

    http://sigmatestudio.com/2009/08/ramen-with-pork-spare-rib/

    SIGMATE added these sweet words on Feb 03 10 at 9:17 am

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