Whenever ramen is mentioned, the image of a bowl of sumptuous noodles with thick, almost milky broth, topped by perfectly prepared onsen egg and a juicy slab of chasiu, comes to mind. In Malaysia, the chasiu and broth served at Japanese restaurants are often pork-based; in fact, connoisseurs might go so far as to say a true ramen dish isn’t authentic without pork.
Traditionally, there are two broth options when it comes to ramen: tonkotsu (pork), and torigara (chicken). But often, despite using a chicken-based broth, most Japanese eateries will still serve pork chasiu.
Enter Ramen Seirock-Ya, an establishment that aims to prove naysayers wrong by whipping up delicious ramen made entirely with halal ingredients!
This restaurant, which has branches in Damansara Uptown in Petaling Jaya, IOI Mall Puchong, and Central i-City Mall in Shah Alam, serves a mean Toripaitan Ramen with a rich, flavoursome broth – a thick, collagen-filled affair resulting from chicken boiled on high heat for hours.
In fact, the establishment prides itself so much on its soup, it even touts on its website that it is “popular [with] women because it includes lots of collagen that is good for beauty”!
Here, you can choose between thick, thin, and the lighter Tokyo ramen. The thin noodles are best for soaking up flavours, and you can enjoy them with fried shallots, green vegetables, egg, and chicken breast.
Despite being well-cooked and tasty, the latter is not a perfect replacement for pork chiasu, but it is nevertheless perfectly acceptable when the soup is so, so good!
Seirock-Ya also serves a chicken katsu bowl, curry rice, and chicken gyoza, though the latter tasted somewhat “too healthy” during this writer’s visit, possibly because the meat was too lean.
All in all, this place is highly recommended for those who love delicious Japanese cuisine made with halal ingredients… although those who like a little fatty decadence in their fare should give the gyoza a skip!
For more information on Seirock-Ya Ramen, visit its website.
Read the original article here. Trying to influence your cravings since 2005, Kar Yeong was Guest Judge on Versus 1001 Rasa Baba’s 2018, R.AGE Food Fight Judge 2015 and NTV7 Foodie Blogger 2014. To read more about Kar Yeong’s food journeys, visit his blog at KYspeaks.com.